Claude Gibson a power company employee, died early today in a Bainbridge hospital of burns received when he and two fellow workers came in contact with a power line on which they were working near here.
The three men were working four miles south of here late yesterday on a power line running to Quincy. Fla. Gibson's clothing was set afire by the current and the other man also received severe burns. Sawyer and Patterson were reported in serious condition at a hospital at Bainbridge.
Date: 1929-12-28; Paper: Augusta Chronicle
Claude Gibson a power company employee, died early today in a Bainbridge hospital of burns received when he and two fellow workers came in contact with a power line on which they were working near here.
The three men were working four miles south of here late yesterday on a power line running to Quincy. Fla. Gibson's clothing was set afire by the current and the other man also received severe burns. Sawyer and Patterson were reported in serious condition at a hospital at Bainbridge.
Date: 1929-12-28; Paper: Augusta Chronicle
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