OBIT: Washington CHRISTNER, 1916, Garrett, Somerset County, PA

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Christner, Washington

Young man electrocuted - Son of Mahlon Christner at Garrett Meets Terrible Death 
at His Home Tuesday Evening. Washington the nineteen year old son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Mahlon Christner of Garrett met death by accidently being electrocuted at 
his father's farm at about 5:30 o'clock on Tuesday evening. The young man was 
adjusting a broken electrical wire leading from the street to the barn. He 
climbed up along the side of the barn about ten feet and had taken hold of the 
electrical and a lightening rod on barn. Mr. Silas Deal noticed smoke escaping 
from the boy's glove and pulled him down. Death was almost instantaneous. The 
funeral services will be conducted by Rev. W. B. Carney of the Lutheran Church 
Friday afternoon. He is survived by his parents and the following brothers and 
sisters: George, Jacob, Harry, and Mrs. Edna Duecker, Katharine, and Edward all 
of Garrett. Washington was of excellent character and most dutiful to his 
parents. The funeral was in charge of Undertaker Tressler of Meyersdale. Sincere 
sympathy is extended to the family in their bereavement.

Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 30, 1916

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MAN SHOCKED TO DEATH - Attempts to Remove Tangle of Electrical Wires; Grasps 
Lightning Rod - Washington Christner, aged nineteen, of Garrett, near Rockwood, 
Pa., was killed by electricity at his home. Young Christner climbed unto the 
barn to untangle two electric wires which had crossed above the barn door. 
Grasping the lightning rod with one hand, he endeavored to untangle the wires 
with the other and was shocked to death.

Meyersdale Commercial, Apr. 6, 1916