Accidental US Electrocutions Decline Over 25 Years
A 25 year span shows accidental electrocutions in the United States around 1,000 annually, about seven per million at the latest, down from nine per million in the past.
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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1955
Page
15
A 25 year span shows accidental electrocutions in the United States around 1,000 annually, about seven per million at the latest, down from nine per million in the past.
Guilbert Soucy of 9 Watervliet Ave Cohoes evening student at RPI and electrical engineer candidate has patent accepted by the U S Patent Office for a high speed engine bearing with self cooling features. He also works for the State Department of Public Works and previously attended Troy High Siena College.
The Troy Stamp and Coin Club meets at the YMCA with an exhibit of United Nations stamps by Mrs. Florence Engle of Albany’s Women’s Stamp Club. By-laws revised will be presented for approval. Harold Rosenfeld of Hudson was arraigned in Los Angeles on a murder charge. plea set for Friday. remanded in jail without bail.
Five industrial buildings on the Blackstone River in Cumberland Rhode Island were destroyed by a large blaze that drew crews from across northern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Unofficial losses reach five million dollars with about 600 workers displaced and one firefighter hospitalized. Two buildings housed Royal Electric Co and Owens Corning Fibreglass storage. others housed Atlantic Wool Combing Co and Allen Wool Waste Co. The fire, possibly sparked by spontaneous combustion in flood debris, burned for hours with flames visible from Boston.
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