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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

John Kimball, High Point Electrician, Killed in Fall from Pole, June 25, 1923

John Kimball Killed in Fall from a Pole

High Point, June 25—John W. Kimball, for the past 10 years chief electrician of the city of High Point, was fatally injured today when he fell from a pole at the corner of Wrenn and Broad streets. He died at a local hospital at 2:30 this afternoon.

Kimball was at work on an electric wire when he either fell from the pole by being overbalanced or he came in contact with the live wire. Reports are conflicting concerning the cause of the accident.

The chief electrician came here from Kannapolis and was one of the city’s most valuable men. He is survived by his wife and three small children, one of them being only three weeks of age.

From the front page of the Reidsville Review, Wednesday, June 27, 1923

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