Mrs. Jane Blackwell Killed When Power Cable Falls, Aug. 16, 1919

From The Hickory Daily Record, Aug. 16, 1919

Woman Killed by Falling Cable

Concord, Aug. 16—Mrs. Jane Blackwell was instantly killed at the home of her daughter in Kannapolis yesterday afternoon when a Southern Power Company cable fell in the back yard and electrocuted her. Mrs. Blackwell was in the yard at the time.

A cow in a barn 100 yards distant also was killed by the shock. The cable broke as a result of the storm.