Thomas, Frank C.

Baxter Springs Kansas. Frank C. Thomas of this city was instantly killed early this morning, Aug 19, 1929, near Waco Missouri, when his body came in contact with a highly charged wire on a drill rig. A guy wire on the drill rig fell across the high tension wires as Thomas was preparing to lower a string of tools. The force of the electric charge was so great that the man's fingerprints were burned into the drill stem. Clarence Owens, his helper, also of Baxter Springs, was hurled from the rig and was in a dazed condition immediately following the accident. However, he succeeded in removing the body from contact with the wire. It is understood that the men on the rig had been warned of the dangerous position of the wire but they had neglected to put an insulator on it. An inquest will be held in Webb City Missouri tonight and the body will be brought to Baxter Springs in a Harvey ambulance.

Thomas leaves a widow, three children, Edna Opal Thomas, Frankie Louise Thomas, and Robert Junior Thomas, and is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Matilda Thomas, one sister, Mrs. Bertha Elmore, and three brothers, Walter Thomas, Andrew Thomas, and Harrison Thomas of Joplin Missouri. Burial Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Cherokee County Kansas.