Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
January 1, 1918ELECTROCUTION
VICTIM TO
BE BURIED AT SAPULPA
Body of M. R. Goree. 23-year-old
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. employee, who was electrocuted
accidentally. Wednesday morning at the company's Belle Isle
plant, will be sent to Sapulpa Thursday for burial,
according to the Garrison funeral home. Officials said Goree
apparently slipped. touching a 13,000 volt line.
His father. Wallace Goree, is general
superintendent of the company's Sapulpa plant.
... Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2010.
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