>From: George Newbury <georgen@ns.sympatico.ca> >Source: NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NS-L] McDONALD, John - d. 1909 New York > > >ukn paper >McDONALD, John 1884 - 1909 > >"THE FATAL ELECTRIC CURRENT has added another to its long list of >victims from the ranks of >Antigonish young men residing abroad. >On last Thursday John McDonald was instantly killed at Glen Grove, New York. >He was at work on a telephone pole, and came in contact with a telephone >cable which was crossed >by an electric light wire. Twenty-two hundred volts passed through his >body, which remained suspended >until taken down by his fellow workmen. >He was a son of Ronald McDonald (Peter) of Brierley Brook, Ant., and was >25 years of age. >A young man of fine character and gentle disposition, he was >....................... >..........................................................................................................................."