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INJURIES TROVE FATAL.William M. King Is Caught UnderFalling Telephone Foie.Injuries sustained when struck byI a falling: telephone pole, while work-fin? for the Chesapeake and Potomac i Telephone company near Clendenin j yesterday, respited in the death of William M. Kin?, at a local hospital ! this m.orhing. King was a lineman,• and the accident occurred while he and a crew of men were raising a polo Into position. The top of thepole had been guyed to a tree and os,(it’ was being jacked Mto position thefguy wire broke. In running away ifrom the falling pole King lacked i about a foot and a half of clearingIt's end which struck him on his head. He was rushed to a local hospital where death resulted from a fntcturfcd1 *4 *v-. * .-m* »P M * 1S)CUlie . :• * „ J ■' * -v; SThe deceased is 32 years of age, and is a married man. Funeral services will be held from the home InMagazine Hollow Tuesday morning at10 o’clock.
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Charleston Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sat, Sep 13, 1919
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