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Cove, Ore., Feb. 26, Albert C. Springer of Haines was electrocuted Saturday afternoon while repairing electric transmission wires three miles east of here. The dead man had been visiting at the home of John Rutter, electrician, and when Mr. Rutter was called to town Saturday afternoon Springer volunteered to repair the wires which had broken and fallen to the ground. Two hours after leaving Springer, Rutter and a friend, Mr. Evans of Baker, who was accompanying Mr. Rutter home to spend the night found Springer's body in the road where it had fallen. The remains were sent to Haines yesterday afternoon for interment.
Mr. Springer was a single man and lived with his parents in Haines.
North Powder News
Saturday March 3, 1917
Mr. and Mrs. James Dalton, of Oak Grove, a suburb of Portland, arrived in Baker the latter part of last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dalton's mother, Mrs. Lucinda Springer, who passed away Wednesday, of last week, from heart failure.
Funeral services for the deceased were held from West's Chapel in Baker, and interment was made in that city. Mrs. Springer was 67 years of age, and had been a resident of Baker county for 35 years. She is survived by six children; George E., of Ione, Wash.; Mrs. James Dalton, of Oak Grove; Mrs. Roscoe Mays and Mrs. L. Gutteridge, of Baker; Charles Springer, of Prairie City; Mrs. Clyde Dempsey, of Seattle.
The deceased was born in Covelo, Calif., May 3, 1857, leaving that state for Idaho, where she lived until 1888,after which she moved to Baker.