Boy Instantly Killed in Attempt to Move Wire
November 1, 1922 page 1 Urbana Courier
Homer, Ill., Nov. 1. - Virgil Wilson, employed on the farm of W. H. Taylor, west of here, was killed by electrocution at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he attempted to remove a wire that obstructed a path of a corn dump that he and Mr. Taylor were taking home from a sale.
Mr. Taylor purchased the dump last Wednesday and yesterday he and Wilson went to take it home. At a point east of town a wire was hanging too low to clear the dump and Wilson attempted to raise it. The wire proved to be charged with electricity and he was killed instantly.
Wilson was only 17 years old. He had been employed by Mr. Taylor during the past two years.
The body was taken last night to the undertaking rooms of L. L. Hamill and was sent at 5 o'clock this morning to Clay City, Illinois, the home of the victim's people. Mr. Hamill accompanied the remains as far as Danville and Mr. Taylor went all the way.
A coroner's inquest conducted at the undertaking rooms last night resulted in a verdict of accidental death by electric shock.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Contributor: Raymond Cunningham (49950856)
November 1, 1922 page 1 Urbana Courier
Homer, Ill., Nov. 1. - Virgil Wilson, employed on the farm of W. H. Taylor, west of here, was killed by electrocution at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he attempted to remove a wire that obstructed a path of a corn dump that he and Mr. Taylor were taking home from a sale.
Mr. Taylor purchased the dump last Wednesday and yesterday he and Wilson went to take it home. At a point east of town a wire was hanging too low to clear the dump and Wilson attempted to raise it. The wire proved to be charged with electricity and he was killed instantly.
Wilson was only 17 years old. He had been employed by Mr. Taylor during the past two years.
The body was taken last night to the undertaking rooms of L. L. Hamill and was sent at 5 o'clock this morning to Clay City, Illinois, the home of the victim's people. Mr. Hamill accompanied the remains as far as Danville and Mr. Taylor went all the way.
A coroner's inquest conducted at the undertaking rooms last night resulted in a verdict of accidental death by electric shock.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Contributor: Raymond Cunningham (49950856)
Boy Instantly Killed in Attempt to Move Wire
November 1, 1922 page 1 Urbana Courier
Homer, Ill., Nov. 1. - Virgil Wilson, employed on the farm of W. H. Taylor, west of here, was killed by electrocution at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he attempted to remove a wire that obstructed a path of a corn dump that he and Mr. Taylor were taking home from a sale.
Mr. Taylor purchased the dump last Wednesday and yesterday he and Wilson went to take it home. At a point east of town a wire was hanging too low to clear the dump and Wilson attempted to raise it. The wire proved to be charged with electricity and he was killed instantly.
Wilson was only 17 years old. He had been employed by Mr. Taylor during the past two years.
The body was taken last night to the undertaking rooms of L. L. Hamill and was sent at 5 o'clock this morning to Clay City, Illinois, the home of the victim's people. Mr. Hamill accompanied the remains as far as Danville and Mr. Taylor went all the way.
A coroner's inquest conducted at the undertaking rooms last night resulted in a verdict of accidental death by electric shock.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Contributor: Raymond Cunningham (49950856)
November 1, 1922 page 1 Urbana Courier
Homer, Ill., Nov. 1. - Virgil Wilson, employed on the farm of W. H. Taylor, west of here, was killed by electrocution at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when he attempted to remove a wire that obstructed a path of a corn dump that he and Mr. Taylor were taking home from a sale.
Mr. Taylor purchased the dump last Wednesday and yesterday he and Wilson went to take it home. At a point east of town a wire was hanging too low to clear the dump and Wilson attempted to raise it. The wire proved to be charged with electricity and he was killed instantly.
Wilson was only 17 years old. He had been employed by Mr. Taylor during the past two years.
The body was taken last night to the undertaking rooms of L. L. Hamill and was sent at 5 o'clock this morning to Clay City, Illinois, the home of the victim's people. Mr. Hamill accompanied the remains as far as Danville and Mr. Taylor went all the way.
A coroner's inquest conducted at the undertaking rooms last night resulted in a verdict of accidental death by electric shock.
Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society
Contributor: Raymond Cunningham (49950856)
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