New Albany Tribune 10 Jun 1940 page 1 col 2
Winner of Medal for Heroism dies in Wire Mishap
Victim Was One Of Two Brothers Who Rescued Man from Similar Fate, 1929
RITES SET FOR TUESDAY
Ironically meeting a similar death from which he saved a fellow-worker in 1929, George Barker, 51, lineman for the Public Service Company of Indiana and winner of a Carnegie Medal for heroism, was electrocuted at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night, when he came in contact with a 2,300 volt line at Floyd Knobs.
Barker, who resided at 1801 Charlestown boulevard, was a member of a trouble-shooting crew called out on emergency duty to remove tree limbs from overhead wires at Floyd Knobs following a windstorm. While working atop a pole, his arm touched the high tension wire.
Other members of the crew lowered the victim from the pole with ropes, and administered artificial respiration for more than half an hour. The inhalator squad of the New Albany Fire Department used three tanks of oxygen in an effort to revive him. Coroner Frank T. Tyler pronounced him dead when he arrived at 9 o'clock.
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1929 at corydon, in which Barker and his brother, Peter Barker, 59, also a lineman for the company, saved the victim's life.
For their heroism in rescuing John Farnsley, a former lineman, both brothers were called to Washington, D.C., to be decorated with Carnegie Medals.
Farnsley was working on a pole when he touched a 2,200-volt line and slumped over his safety belt. The Barker brothers, who were working on the ground, went to his aid, knocked him away from the hot wire, and brought him to the ground with a rope. They administered artificial respiration and revived him.
George Barker was first employed by the Public Service Company and its predecessors more than thirty years ago, and had worked there off and on ever since.
Members of the crew working with Barker when he was killed were Foreman Harry Bailey, Budd road; Herbert C. Hager, 422 Bank street, who was on the pole with the victim; Henry Ramsier, Daisy Jane; James E Biesel, Charlestown road; Mavin Haelig, 1906 East Spring street, and Edwin Long, East Cottom avenue.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Barker; a son, James Edward Barker; his mother, Mrs. Mary Barker; four brothers, Peter Barker, Alexander Barker, a member of the fire department, and Joseph and John Barker both of Elizabeth, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Denison, of New Albany, and Mrs. Kate Dailey, of Toledo, O.
The body is at the Kraft Parlors, 708 East Spring street where funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park.
Winner of Medal for Heroism dies in Wire Mishap
Victim Was One Of Two Brothers Who Rescued Man from Similar Fate, 1929
RITES SET FOR TUESDAY
Ironically meeting a similar death from which he saved a fellow-worker in 1929, George Barker, 51, lineman for the Public Service Company of Indiana and winner of a Carnegie Medal for heroism, was electrocuted at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night, when he came in contact with a 2,300 volt line at Floyd Knobs.
Barker, who resided at 1801 Charlestown boulevard, was a member of a trouble-shooting crew called out on emergency duty to remove tree limbs from overhead wires at Floyd Knobs following a windstorm. While working atop a pole, his arm touched the high tension wire.
Other members of the crew lowered the victim from the pole with ropes, and administered artificial respiration for more than half an hour. The inhalator squad of the New Albany Fire Department used three tanks of oxygen in an effort to revive him. Coroner Frank T. Tyler pronounced him dead when he arrived at 9 o'clock.
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1929 at corydon, in which Barker and his brother, Peter Barker, 59, also a lineman for the company, saved the victim's life.
For their heroism in rescuing John Farnsley, a former lineman, both brothers were called to Washington, D.C., to be decorated with Carnegie Medals.
Farnsley was working on a pole when he touched a 2,200-volt line and slumped over his safety belt. The Barker brothers, who were working on the ground, went to his aid, knocked him away from the hot wire, and brought him to the ground with a rope. They administered artificial respiration and revived him.
George Barker was first employed by the Public Service Company and its predecessors more than thirty years ago, and had worked there off and on ever since.
Members of the crew working with Barker when he was killed were Foreman Harry Bailey, Budd road; Herbert C. Hager, 422 Bank street, who was on the pole with the victim; Henry Ramsier, Daisy Jane; James E Biesel, Charlestown road; Mavin Haelig, 1906 East Spring street, and Edwin Long, East Cottom avenue.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Barker; a son, James Edward Barker; his mother, Mrs. Mary Barker; four brothers, Peter Barker, Alexander Barker, a member of the fire department, and Joseph and John Barker both of Elizabeth, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Denison, of New Albany, and Mrs. Kate Dailey, of Toledo, O.
The body is at the Kraft Parlors, 708 East Spring street where funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park.
New Albany Tribune 10 Jun 1940 page 1 col 2
Winner of Medal for Heroism dies in Wire Mishap
Victim Was One Of Two Brothers Who Rescued Man from Similar Fate, 1929
RITES SET FOR TUESDAY
Ironically meeting a similar death from which he saved a fellow-worker in 1929, George Barker, 51, lineman for the Public Service Company of Indiana and winner of a Carnegie Medal for heroism, was electrocuted at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night, when he came in contact with a 2,300 volt line at Floyd Knobs.
Barker, who resided at 1801 Charlestown boulevard, was a member of a trouble-shooting crew called out on emergency duty to remove tree limbs from overhead wires at Floyd Knobs following a windstorm. While working atop a pole, his arm touched the high tension wire.
Other members of the crew lowered the victim from the pole with ropes, and administered artificial respiration for more than half an hour. The inhalator squad of the New Albany Fire Department used three tanks of oxygen in an effort to revive him. Coroner Frank T. Tyler pronounced him dead when he arrived at 9 o'clock.
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1929 at corydon, in which Barker and his brother, Peter Barker, 59, also a lineman for the company, saved the victim's life.
For their heroism in rescuing John Farnsley, a former lineman, both brothers were called to Washington, D.C., to be decorated with Carnegie Medals.
Farnsley was working on a pole when he touched a 2,200-volt line and slumped over his safety belt. The Barker brothers, who were working on the ground, went to his aid, knocked him away from the hot wire, and brought him to the ground with a rope. They administered artificial respiration and revived him.
George Barker was first employed by the Public Service Company and its predecessors more than thirty years ago, and had worked there off and on ever since.
Members of the crew working with Barker when he was killed were Foreman Harry Bailey, Budd road; Herbert C. Hager, 422 Bank street, who was on the pole with the victim; Henry Ramsier, Daisy Jane; James E Biesel, Charlestown road; Mavin Haelig, 1906 East Spring street, and Edwin Long, East Cottom avenue.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Barker; a son, James Edward Barker; his mother, Mrs. Mary Barker; four brothers, Peter Barker, Alexander Barker, a member of the fire department, and Joseph and John Barker both of Elizabeth, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Denison, of New Albany, and Mrs. Kate Dailey, of Toledo, O.
The body is at the Kraft Parlors, 708 East Spring street where funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park.
Winner of Medal for Heroism dies in Wire Mishap
Victim Was One Of Two Brothers Who Rescued Man from Similar Fate, 1929
RITES SET FOR TUESDAY
Ironically meeting a similar death from which he saved a fellow-worker in 1929, George Barker, 51, lineman for the Public Service Company of Indiana and winner of a Carnegie Medal for heroism, was electrocuted at 8:30 o'clock Saturday night, when he came in contact with a 2,300 volt line at Floyd Knobs.
Barker, who resided at 1801 Charlestown boulevard, was a member of a trouble-shooting crew called out on emergency duty to remove tree limbs from overhead wires at Floyd Knobs following a windstorm. While working atop a pole, his arm touched the high tension wire.
Other members of the crew lowered the victim from the pole with ropes, and administered artificial respiration for more than half an hour. The inhalator squad of the New Albany Fire Department used three tanks of oxygen in an effort to revive him. Coroner Frank T. Tyler pronounced him dead when he arrived at 9 o'clock.
The accident was similar to one that happened in 1929 at corydon, in which Barker and his brother, Peter Barker, 59, also a lineman for the company, saved the victim's life.
For their heroism in rescuing John Farnsley, a former lineman, both brothers were called to Washington, D.C., to be decorated with Carnegie Medals.
Farnsley was working on a pole when he touched a 2,200-volt line and slumped over his safety belt. The Barker brothers, who were working on the ground, went to his aid, knocked him away from the hot wire, and brought him to the ground with a rope. They administered artificial respiration and revived him.
George Barker was first employed by the Public Service Company and its predecessors more than thirty years ago, and had worked there off and on ever since.
Members of the crew working with Barker when he was killed were Foreman Harry Bailey, Budd road; Herbert C. Hager, 422 Bank street, who was on the pole with the victim; Henry Ramsier, Daisy Jane; James E Biesel, Charlestown road; Mavin Haelig, 1906 East Spring street, and Edwin Long, East Cottom avenue.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gertrude Barker; a son, James Edward Barker; his mother, Mrs. Mary Barker; four brothers, Peter Barker, Alexander Barker, a member of the fire department, and Joseph and John Barker both of Elizabeth, and two sisters, Mrs. Louis Denison, of New Albany, and Mrs. Kate Dailey, of Toledo, O.
The body is at the Kraft Parlors, 708 East Spring street where funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park.
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