C. Gilbert Danner died attempting to save Peter T. Skidmore from electric shock, Fort Worth, Texas, June 6, 1915. Skidmore, 38, foreman, attempted to screw an electric light globe into a socket, and a current of electricity flashed from the socket and rendered him unconscious. He fell against a wall with his neck in contact with a wire connected with the socket. The wire was crossed at a distant point with one conducting a current of 2,300 volts. Flame was visible around Skidmore’s neck and at one hand that was on or near the wire. Danner, 24, accountant, took a step or two to Skidmore to save him, but he was instantly rendered unconscious and fell against Skidmore. Another man got them away from the wire in a few minutes. Danner was dead. Skidmore, who was badly burned, recovered. 14971-1141
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