On This Date in Minnesota History: July 28

July 28, 1908 – Ernest Jacobson, connected with a carnival company currently performing in Faribault, was killed around 3 this afternoon by a shock from an electric wire. Jacobson was pulling a small ladder up to an elevated platform for the dog diving performance. He used a wire clothes line that accidentally came in contact with the wires of the Faribault Gas & Electric Company and received a shock of 2,300 volts.

Doctors Davis and Smith worked over the unfortunate man for nearly an hour but without avail. Jacobson’s home is supposed to be in Chicago. Authorities sent a wire to an address found in his pocket. This makes the third death this month through shock from the same company’s wires.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Third Electrocution by Faribault Wires”; July 29, 1908; p. 1.

http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Faribault.htm

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