Durham Man Is
Electrocuted
By the Associated
Press
Durham, N.C., June 17—Thomas Rigsbee, aged 28, employee of
the Durham Traction Company, was electrocuted this afternoon when his hand came
in contact with a live wire, while he was working on a transformer a mile out
of the city on the lower end of Halloway street.
Dr. W.W. Olive of Durham was summoned immediately, and for
30 minutes or more the physician worked to revive the man, but it was
impossible.
According to Earl Dameron, fellow workman, who was with
Rigsbee when he met his death, Rigsbee had climbed the pole to check a
transformer. He reached out his hand to catch a steel beam when his hand came
into contact with one wire and his leg another. A complete circuit was formed
and it is estimated that 2,300 volts passed through his body. He plunged to the
ground. His left hand and side were badly burned.
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