OWEN W. JOHNSON ACCIDENTALLY ELECTROCUTED AT SUB-STATION THURSDAY
Contact With Live Wire Results In Instant Death For Young Electrician
Owen W. Johnson, 37, lineman for the Utah Power and Light Company, was accidentally electrocuted at about 8:50 p.m., August 18 at the Montpelier sub-station where he and fellow employees had been called to make outage repairs. Artificial respiration was started in less than two minutes of the accident by Howard H. Larsen, co-worker, and E. B. Taylor, district manager. Workmen and others continued resuscitation efforts until about 10:10 p.m. Instant death came to the victim, it was believed, when his left hand came in contact with a 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Johnson and other employees were attending a union meeting in the city hall when called to make repairs for the outage caused by a failure of one of the main transformers on the 2300 volt circuit. Outage time was placed at about 8:00 p.m. by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Johnson’s body was found on top of a bank of transformers to which power had been cut off in making ready the removal of the burnt out transformer. Apparently the victim had slipped while on the bank of transformers, throwing his left hand against the 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Larsen was in the building at the time of the accident, answering the telephone. It was a call from Dr. Reed Rich. Larsen, on replacing the receiver, heard the arc, turned and saw what had happened. Mr. Taylor entered the building at about that time, and after helping Mr. Larsen move the body, called Dr. Rich, who arrived at the scene of the accident within a few minutes.
Mr. Johnson was born October 11, 1911 in Richmond, Utah, the son of the late Heber J. and Jane Whitehead Johnson. He attended grade school and North Cache high school at Richmond, where he lived until 1936. In that year he started work for the Utah Power and Light company under his brother, H. Guy Johnson, district manager at Tremonton, and became lineman troubleman. He transferred to Montpelier in February 1944.
Mr. Johnson, widely known for his cheerful disposition and accommodating ways, was a member of local union No. B-57 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor; and Montpelier L. O. O. M. 858.
He and Hazel Innes were married October 11, 1935 in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the L. D. S. church.
Besides his widow, survivors are a daughter, Mary Jane, 5; five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Stoddard and Eunice Johnson, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. F. B. Kindred, Tooele, Utah, Mrs. Rueben Anderson, Richmond, and Mrs. William Beasley, San Francisco; and a brother, H. Guy Johnson of Tremonton.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Second ward chapel with Bishop Alvin C. Tueller conduction. The opening song, “Come Unto Me,” was by the Michaelson quartet, Andy, Preston, and Daryl Michaelson and James Olsen; invocation, Bishop B. E. Mumford; vocal duet, “That Beautiful Land,” Mr. and Mrs. James Olsen, accompanied by Mrs. Lester Armatage; speakers, J. H. Fronk, Tremonton and J. C. Goff, Preston; vocal duet, “Sunset,” Mr. and Mrs. Olsen; speaker, President Sidney E. Burgoyne; remarks, Bishop Tueller; song, “How Can I Leave Thee,” quartet; benediction, Krank Knutti.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Parley E. Lloyd. L. O. O. M. No. 858, held graveside services. Pall bearers were Dr. Wells Stock, Leland Tufts, Ross Kunz, Glen Talbot, R. H. Waldron, and LeGrande Arnell. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, August 25, 1949 on page 1
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Contact With Live Wire Results In Instant Death For Young Electrician
Owen W. Johnson, 37, lineman for the Utah Power and Light Company, was accidentally electrocuted at about 8:50 p.m., August 18 at the Montpelier sub-station where he and fellow employees had been called to make outage repairs. Artificial respiration was started in less than two minutes of the accident by Howard H. Larsen, co-worker, and E. B. Taylor, district manager. Workmen and others continued resuscitation efforts until about 10:10 p.m. Instant death came to the victim, it was believed, when his left hand came in contact with a 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Johnson and other employees were attending a union meeting in the city hall when called to make repairs for the outage caused by a failure of one of the main transformers on the 2300 volt circuit. Outage time was placed at about 8:00 p.m. by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Johnson’s body was found on top of a bank of transformers to which power had been cut off in making ready the removal of the burnt out transformer. Apparently the victim had slipped while on the bank of transformers, throwing his left hand against the 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Larsen was in the building at the time of the accident, answering the telephone. It was a call from Dr. Reed Rich. Larsen, on replacing the receiver, heard the arc, turned and saw what had happened. Mr. Taylor entered the building at about that time, and after helping Mr. Larsen move the body, called Dr. Rich, who arrived at the scene of the accident within a few minutes.
Mr. Johnson was born October 11, 1911 in Richmond, Utah, the son of the late Heber J. and Jane Whitehead Johnson. He attended grade school and North Cache high school at Richmond, where he lived until 1936. In that year he started work for the Utah Power and Light company under his brother, H. Guy Johnson, district manager at Tremonton, and became lineman troubleman. He transferred to Montpelier in February 1944.
Mr. Johnson, widely known for his cheerful disposition and accommodating ways, was a member of local union No. B-57 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor; and Montpelier L. O. O. M. 858.
He and Hazel Innes were married October 11, 1935 in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the L. D. S. church.
Besides his widow, survivors are a daughter, Mary Jane, 5; five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Stoddard and Eunice Johnson, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. F. B. Kindred, Tooele, Utah, Mrs. Rueben Anderson, Richmond, and Mrs. William Beasley, San Francisco; and a brother, H. Guy Johnson of Tremonton.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Second ward chapel with Bishop Alvin C. Tueller conduction. The opening song, “Come Unto Me,” was by the Michaelson quartet, Andy, Preston, and Daryl Michaelson and James Olsen; invocation, Bishop B. E. Mumford; vocal duet, “That Beautiful Land,” Mr. and Mrs. James Olsen, accompanied by Mrs. Lester Armatage; speakers, J. H. Fronk, Tremonton and J. C. Goff, Preston; vocal duet, “Sunset,” Mr. and Mrs. Olsen; speaker, President Sidney E. Burgoyne; remarks, Bishop Tueller; song, “How Can I Leave Thee,” quartet; benediction, Krank Knutti.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Parley E. Lloyd. L. O. O. M. No. 858, held graveside services. Pall bearers were Dr. Wells Stock, Leland Tufts, Ross Kunz, Glen Talbot, R. H. Waldron, and LeGrande Arnell. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, August 25, 1949 on page 1
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OWEN W. JOHNSON ACCIDENTALLY ELECTROCUTED AT SUB-STATION THURSDAY
Contact With Live Wire Results In Instant Death For Young Electrician
Owen W. Johnson, 37, lineman for the Utah Power and Light Company, was accidentally electrocuted at about 8:50 p.m., August 18 at the Montpelier sub-station where he and fellow employees had been called to make outage repairs. Artificial respiration was started in less than two minutes of the accident by Howard H. Larsen, co-worker, and E. B. Taylor, district manager. Workmen and others continued resuscitation efforts until about 10:10 p.m. Instant death came to the victim, it was believed, when his left hand came in contact with a 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Johnson and other employees were attending a union meeting in the city hall when called to make repairs for the outage caused by a failure of one of the main transformers on the 2300 volt circuit. Outage time was placed at about 8:00 p.m. by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Johnson’s body was found on top of a bank of transformers to which power had been cut off in making ready the removal of the burnt out transformer. Apparently the victim had slipped while on the bank of transformers, throwing his left hand against the 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Larsen was in the building at the time of the accident, answering the telephone. It was a call from Dr. Reed Rich. Larsen, on replacing the receiver, heard the arc, turned and saw what had happened. Mr. Taylor entered the building at about that time, and after helping Mr. Larsen move the body, called Dr. Rich, who arrived at the scene of the accident within a few minutes.
Mr. Johnson was born October 11, 1911 in Richmond, Utah, the son of the late Heber J. and Jane Whitehead Johnson. He attended grade school and North Cache high school at Richmond, where he lived until 1936. In that year he started work for the Utah Power and Light company under his brother, H. Guy Johnson, district manager at Tremonton, and became lineman troubleman. He transferred to Montpelier in February 1944.
Mr. Johnson, widely known for his cheerful disposition and accommodating ways, was a member of local union No. B-57 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor; and Montpelier L. O. O. M. 858.
He and Hazel Innes were married October 11, 1935 in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the L. D. S. church.
Besides his widow, survivors are a daughter, Mary Jane, 5; five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Stoddard and Eunice Johnson, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. F. B. Kindred, Tooele, Utah, Mrs. Rueben Anderson, Richmond, and Mrs. William Beasley, San Francisco; and a brother, H. Guy Johnson of Tremonton.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Second ward chapel with Bishop Alvin C. Tueller conduction. The opening song, “Come Unto Me,” was by the Michaelson quartet, Andy, Preston, and Daryl Michaelson and James Olsen; invocation, Bishop B. E. Mumford; vocal duet, “That Beautiful Land,” Mr. and Mrs. James Olsen, accompanied by Mrs. Lester Armatage; speakers, J. H. Fronk, Tremonton and J. C. Goff, Preston; vocal duet, “Sunset,” Mr. and Mrs. Olsen; speaker, President Sidney E. Burgoyne; remarks, Bishop Tueller; song, “How Can I Leave Thee,” quartet; benediction, Krank Knutti.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Parley E. Lloyd. L. O. O. M. No. 858, held graveside services. Pall bearers were Dr. Wells Stock, Leland Tufts, Ross Kunz, Glen Talbot, R. H. Waldron, and LeGrande Arnell. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, August 25, 1949 on page 1
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Contact With Live Wire Results In Instant Death For Young Electrician
Owen W. Johnson, 37, lineman for the Utah Power and Light Company, was accidentally electrocuted at about 8:50 p.m., August 18 at the Montpelier sub-station where he and fellow employees had been called to make outage repairs. Artificial respiration was started in less than two minutes of the accident by Howard H. Larsen, co-worker, and E. B. Taylor, district manager. Workmen and others continued resuscitation efforts until about 10:10 p.m. Instant death came to the victim, it was believed, when his left hand came in contact with a 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Johnson and other employees were attending a union meeting in the city hall when called to make repairs for the outage caused by a failure of one of the main transformers on the 2300 volt circuit. Outage time was placed at about 8:00 p.m. by Mr. Taylor.
Mr. Johnson’s body was found on top of a bank of transformers to which power had been cut off in making ready the removal of the burnt out transformer. Apparently the victim had slipped while on the bank of transformers, throwing his left hand against the 11,000 volt circuit.
Mr. Larsen was in the building at the time of the accident, answering the telephone. It was a call from Dr. Reed Rich. Larsen, on replacing the receiver, heard the arc, turned and saw what had happened. Mr. Taylor entered the building at about that time, and after helping Mr. Larsen move the body, called Dr. Rich, who arrived at the scene of the accident within a few minutes.
Mr. Johnson was born October 11, 1911 in Richmond, Utah, the son of the late Heber J. and Jane Whitehead Johnson. He attended grade school and North Cache high school at Richmond, where he lived until 1936. In that year he started work for the Utah Power and Light company under his brother, H. Guy Johnson, district manager at Tremonton, and became lineman troubleman. He transferred to Montpelier in February 1944.
Mr. Johnson, widely known for his cheerful disposition and accommodating ways, was a member of local union No. B-57 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor; and Montpelier L. O. O. M. 858.
He and Hazel Innes were married October 11, 1935 in Salt Lake City. He was a member of the L. D. S. church.
Besides his widow, survivors are a daughter, Mary Jane, 5; five sisters, Mrs. Clifford Stoddard and Eunice Johnson, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. F. B. Kindred, Tooele, Utah, Mrs. Rueben Anderson, Richmond, and Mrs. William Beasley, San Francisco; and a brother, H. Guy Johnson of Tremonton.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Second ward chapel with Bishop Alvin C. Tueller conduction. The opening song, “Come Unto Me,” was by the Michaelson quartet, Andy, Preston, and Daryl Michaelson and James Olsen; invocation, Bishop B. E. Mumford; vocal duet, “That Beautiful Land,” Mr. and Mrs. James Olsen, accompanied by Mrs. Lester Armatage; speakers, J. H. Fronk, Tremonton and J. C. Goff, Preston; vocal duet, “Sunset,” Mr. and Mrs. Olsen; speaker, President Sidney E. Burgoyne; remarks, Bishop Tueller; song, “How Can I Leave Thee,” quartet; benediction, Krank Knutti.
Interment was in the Montpelier cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Parley E. Lloyd. L. O. O. M. No. 858, held graveside services. Pall bearers were Dr. Wells Stock, Leland Tufts, Ross Kunz, Glen Talbot, R. H. Waldron, and LeGrande Arnell. The Matthews Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Published in The News-Examiner in Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho, on Thursday, August 25, 1949 on page 1
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