Beaufort County NcArchives News.....Z. M. Potts Shocked 1909
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Charlotte Daily Observer 1909
4 Sep 1909

Mr. Z.M. Potts Badly Shocked.

Washington, NC, Sept. 3 - Mr. Z.M. Potts, the manager of the local office of 
the Postal Telegraph Company, suffered a very severe electric shock during a 
thunderstorm a few days ago. It seems that he entered the office, and, finding 
the fuses red-hot, stopped to the board to cut out the wire by the insertion 
of a plug. Immediately there was a flash, and Mr. Potts was thrown violently 
across the room, rendering him unconscious for several hours. At the time 
there was no storm in this city, but one was raging further up the road, and 
the lightning must have traveled on the wires. Mr. Potts evidently must have 
touched some of the metal parts, thus completing the connection.


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