Fred Robinson (1879-1901)

ROBINSON

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/9/2017 at 12:18:17

Dubuque Daily Herald, August 3, 1901

Lineman Is Electrocuted
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Council Bluffs, Iowa. Aug 3. – Fred Robinson, a lineman in the employ of the gas and electric company was electrocuted at 11 o’clock this morning by a live wire on the company’s line. He was taken to the W. C. A. Hospital and lived forty minutes. He was one of the party of eight engaged in stringing wires form Omaha to Council Bluffs. His parents live in Crete, Nebraska.