Payette-Canyon County ID Archives Obituaries.....Walsh, Anthony "Pat" 1929
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The Payette Independent 7-4-1929
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 4, 1929
 
CALDWELL MAN ELECTROCUTED
 
Anthony "Pat" Walsh, 32, night operator at the Idaho Power company sub-station 
at Caldwell, was electrocuted Saturday morning at 5:22, when, as he was wiping 
off the insulators on top of the transformer with a cloth, his hand came in 
contact with the top of the bushing on the oil switch and 44,000 volts passed 
through his body.  The switch opened and cleared and Walsh was thrown 
backwards.
 
The body, bearing flesh burns from the shoulder to the waist and with the 
clothing partly torn off, was found about 15 minutes later by H. W. Mecham, 
manager of the Caldwell plant, who had been summoned by the Boise dispatcher 
after the latter had been unable to get response from the the Caldwell office 
and suspected something was wrong.
 
The man's clothing was still burning when Mr. Mecham arrived.  A doctor was 
summoned and for two hours artificial respiration was resorted to in an effort 
to revive the victim.

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