Alameda County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Kohler, Leo C April 11, 1904 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: alfred janske alfred_janske@sbcglobal.net October 30, 2010, 1:39 pm San Francisco Call, April 14, 1904 DEALS DEATH TO A LINEMAN ——•—— Electric Current Kills a Young Telephone Company Man While Dragging Wire ——•—— CAUGHT ON HIGH POLE ——•—— Leo C. Kohler Receives a Shock From Conduit Carrying Two Thousand Volts ——•—— Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, April 11 Leo C. Kohler, a Sunset Telephone Company's lineman, 22 years of age, was electrocuted this morning on a telephone company's pole at the cornet of Seventh and Union streets, where he had been stringing wires. The line with which he was working came in contact with an electric light wire carrying 2,000 volts of current. Just before the death-dealing voltage caught Kohler he had yelled to George Hartman, a lineman on another pole, to be careful, as there was a live wire strung near them on the high poles. Suddenly there was another scream from Kohler and his body fell, being caught on a cross arm. Hartman and other linemen went to their fellow workman's assistance. The body was taken down and Dr. Rinehart was called. But death was instantaneous. At the Receiving Hospital effort was made to resuscitate Kohler, but the labor was fruitless. The body was removed to the Morgue. It is supposed that the wire Kohler was working with sagged while he was drawing it and touched the heavily charged live wire. Kohler's left hand and arm were seared by the current. The young man was unmarried and resided with his father, Henry A. Kohler, at 1353 Twelfth Avenue. He was a graduate of the Oakland High School and had been in the telephone company's employ three years. An inquest will be held Saturday morning. San Francisco Call, April 14, 1904, Image 14, Column 2 & 3 - DIED Kohler, Leo C KOHLER - In Oakland, April 13, 1904. Leo C, oldest son of Henry and Minna Kohler, and brother of Eugene and Olga Kohler, a native of Oakland, Cal., aged 22 years and 23 days. A member of Court Oakland No. 46, Foresters of America, and I. B.E.W. No. 283 of Oakland. San Francisco Call, April 16, 1904, Image 6, Column 3 - Pay Fraternal Tribute. OAKLAND. April 15. — Members of the Electrical Workers' Union, Odd Fellows and American Order of Foresters took part in the funeral to-day of Leo Kohler, the telephone company's lineman, who was electrocuted Wednesday morning. Services were held at James Taylor's parlors. The body was cremated. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/obits/kohler9211gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb