A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT,
About 7:30 Tuesday, evening at Columbus, a crowd of young boys were at the tabernacle just a few steps from the Citizen office, and were engaged in jumping upward and trying to catch the electric light wire, which was only a few feet above their heads.
Several bystanders warned the boys that they were engaged in a dangerous pastime, but they heeded not the advice.
Finally young Logan Coffee, a boy of about 14 years, jumped a little higher than the others, and caught the wire. As he did so, the powerful current went through his body, and In a second he gave a shriek, and was dead. The horrified by-standers and his late companions were paralyzed for a few seconds. One at them, a Mr. Trammell, we understand regained his composure, and though receiving a terrible shock himself, managed to drag the lifeless body from the wire. Physicians were summoned, but it was a useless proceeding, as the boy had been instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was dislocated and portions of the flesh from his hands were left sticking to the wire. His mother and two sisters were absent at Floresville on a visit at the time of the accident.
His remains were laid to rest Wednesday evening [Odd Fellows Rest]. Mrs. Coffee has lost a husband and two sons within the past two years.
The sympathy of their. many friends In Weimar goes out to them in this terrible bereavement.
About 7:30 Tuesday, evening at Columbus, a crowd of young boys were at the tabernacle just a few steps from the Citizen office, and were engaged in jumping upward and trying to catch the electric light wire, which was only a few feet above their heads.
Several bystanders warned the boys that they were engaged in a dangerous pastime, but they heeded not the advice.
Finally young Logan Coffee, a boy of about 14 years, jumped a little higher than the others, and caught the wire. As he did so, the powerful current went through his body, and In a second he gave a shriek, and was dead. The horrified by-standers and his late companions were paralyzed for a few seconds. One at them, a Mr. Trammell, we understand regained his composure, and though receiving a terrible shock himself, managed to drag the lifeless body from the wire. Physicians were summoned, but it was a useless proceeding, as the boy had been instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was dislocated and portions of the flesh from his hands were left sticking to the wire. His mother and two sisters were absent at Floresville on a visit at the time of the accident.
His remains were laid to rest Wednesday evening [Odd Fellows Rest]. Mrs. Coffee has lost a husband and two sons within the past two years.
The sympathy of their. many friends In Weimar goes out to them in this terrible bereavement.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT,
About 7:30 Tuesday, evening at Columbus, a crowd of young boys were at the tabernacle just a few steps from the Citizen office, and were engaged in jumping upward and trying to catch the electric light wire, which was only a few feet above their heads.
Several bystanders warned the boys that they were engaged in a dangerous pastime, but they heeded not the advice.
Finally young Logan Coffee, a boy of about 14 years, jumped a little higher than the others, and caught the wire. As he did so, the powerful current went through his body, and In a second he gave a shriek, and was dead. The horrified by-standers and his late companions were paralyzed for a few seconds. One at them, a Mr. Trammell, we understand regained his composure, and though receiving a terrible shock himself, managed to drag the lifeless body from the wire. Physicians were summoned, but it was a useless proceeding, as the boy had been instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was dislocated and portions of the flesh from his hands were left sticking to the wire. His mother and two sisters were absent at Floresville on a visit at the time of the accident.
His remains were laid to rest Wednesday evening [Odd Fellows Rest]. Mrs. Coffee has lost a husband and two sons within the past two years.
The sympathy of their. many friends In Weimar goes out to them in this terrible bereavement.
About 7:30 Tuesday, evening at Columbus, a crowd of young boys were at the tabernacle just a few steps from the Citizen office, and were engaged in jumping upward and trying to catch the electric light wire, which was only a few feet above their heads.
Several bystanders warned the boys that they were engaged in a dangerous pastime, but they heeded not the advice.
Finally young Logan Coffee, a boy of about 14 years, jumped a little higher than the others, and caught the wire. As he did so, the powerful current went through his body, and In a second he gave a shriek, and was dead. The horrified by-standers and his late companions were paralyzed for a few seconds. One at them, a Mr. Trammell, we understand regained his composure, and though receiving a terrible shock himself, managed to drag the lifeless body from the wire. Physicians were summoned, but it was a useless proceeding, as the boy had been instantly killed.
Every bone in his body was dislocated and portions of the flesh from his hands were left sticking to the wire. His mother and two sisters were absent at Floresville on a visit at the time of the accident.
His remains were laid to rest Wednesday evening [Odd Fellows Rest]. Mrs. Coffee has lost a husband and two sons within the past two years.
The sympathy of their. many friends In Weimar goes out to them in this terrible bereavement.
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