On This Date in Minnesota History: October 21

October 21, 1904 – Believed to be dead, John Haven, a lineman for the Northwestern Telephone Company, was taken to an undertaking establishment after falling 35 feet from a pole on Cedar Ave. and Fourth St. this afternoon.  Much to everyone’s surprise, he is still alive and will be back at work next week.

Haven was at work on a pole when he lost his hold and fell. He struck his head and shoulders and lay stunned. Bystanders, thinking him dead, took him to Enger Bros. undertaking establishment.

A physician found Haven very much alive, his injuries consisting of only a scalp wound and a few painful bruises. After an hour he regained consciousness.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Undertaker Lost Job. Lineman, Stunned by Fall, Revives to Find Himself in Undertaker’s Shop.”; Oct. 22, 1904.

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