Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Anderson, Ralph W. 1914
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New Plymouth Sentinel 8-20-1914
New Plymouth Sentinel
New Plymouth, Idaho
Thursday, August 20, 1914

Payette Man Killed

Payette - Ralph Anderson, president of the Payette-Oregon Slope Irrigation 
company, was instantly killed Thursday night when he came in contact with a 
live wire carrying 440 volts. Mr. Anderson together with Clark Rhodes and Max 
Lattig, were working on a barge that is being used to pump out the intake 
canal leading from the Snake river to the pumping plant. The irrigation 
company has built the line along the canal to furnish power for operating the 
pump on the barge. The line carries 440 volts. Four lamps have been connected 
in series on this circuit for light, and in overhauling the pump Mr. Anderson 
got a piece of tin up against the light line. Doctors were summoned 
immediately, but nothing could be done. 

Mr. Anderson had lived in this community for several years, coming from 
Illinois. He leaves a wife and father and mother. He had not been in good 
health for several months and this probably accounts for the reason why he was 
unable to stand the shock. Mr. Anderson is a cousin of Bert Anderson, one of 
the contractors on the school house. He left Friday to attend the funeral.

Additional Comments:
Note: According to the Idaho Death Index, Ralph W. Anderson was born 1-1-1884 
and died 8-13-1914. ch

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