OBIT: Benjamin ADAMS, 1932, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Journal, Monday, October 10, 1932

BENJAMIN ADAMS KILLED INSTANTLY
SHORT CIRCUIT BLAMED IN DEATH OF FATHER OF TEN;

A short circuit which charged the steel frame of a motorized coal hoist at 
the Consumer’s Ice and Coal Company plant Saturday morning caused the death of 
Benjamin Adams, fifty-six, of 636 East Walnut Street.

The man was killed instantly when he came into contact with the high voltage.  
A certificate of death by accidental electrocution was issued by Deputy Coroner 
Dr. J. F. Trexler.

The loader had been used on Friday, but had not been used before the fatal 
accident on Saturday.  An investigation has been launched into the cause of the 
short circuit.

The victim had been an employe of the Consumers company for nearly eleven 
years.  He was the father of ten children, one of whom was also employed at the 
same place.  At the time of the accident it was believed that he had been the 
victim of a heart attack similar to the one he suffered last winter, but the 
coroner’s verdict dispelled this theory.

The victim is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Adams, and the following 
children: Irvin, Mrs. Clarence Metntzer, Mrs. Ida Patton, Mrs. Curvin Hengst, 
and Mrs. Irene Wissler all of Lancaster, and Clarence, Paul, Floyd, Edna, and 
Ann at home, and a brother Ervin Adams, of Reading.

Services will be held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Mentzer, 638 
East Walnut street, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.  Internment will be in 
Brownstown cemetery.