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/VA brilliant flash of electricity late t'o-ay
leaves one man '-ea, three others injured ani
a gpi ng hole in soli concrete along NorthwestHig.,ay in Dallas.
as 31-year-ol illy Ray Con,-itt of Dallas,
a cement foreman for the L.E. Lacey Constructior
JoLBvany. Officers say Con-'itt an' three Negro
workmen took 76-hunreA volts of electricity
when a crane lifting a ceient-finishi ng machine
touche- an overhead power line. All four uen
were 1ol1Aing onto the finishing achine.GUY >IT POLE
The line rai high over the roal-paving
site. The crane operator, who jumped to safety,
says the electricity blasted into Conlitt's
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Electric shock], script, September 10, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc861065/m1/1/?q=%221959-09-10%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.