KILLED AT COL. ASTOR'S HOME

Electrician, Installing Telephones, Struck by Current from Feed Wire
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Special to The New York Times
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NEWPORT, R. I., July 1---Eugene McCrohan, aged 25 years, employed by the
Providence Telephone Company as an inspector, met instant death to-day in
the basement of Col. John Jacob Astor's residence, when about to install
telephone instruments.

McCrohan had struck a match to pick out the wire he wanted to work with,
when one of his hands touched an electric feed wire and the full force of
the current of 2,300 volts passed through his body.