Hull, Phil
Columbia City Post – Whitley County, Indiana
Thursday August 26, 1954
Phil Hull, 26, Kankakee, Ill., was fatally shocked shortly before noon today at the Charles Bills home R 3, near Lorane. Mr. Hull was taken to the Whitley County Hospital in the Smith ambulance but was dead on arrival there.
According to Dr. L. G. Minick, Churubusco, who acted as coroner at the request of Dr. James R. Roth, county coroner, Hull together with his brother-in-law, Leslie Bills, was using a drill to repair a power mower. The drill was attached to an extension cord and it is believed developed a short. Hull was standing in water and his shoes and feet were wet.
There was a report and Hull crumpled to the ground. Bills, who saw the accident, turned off the power and artificial respiration was given. This was continued by Stuart Smith when he arrived and two tanks of oxygen were consumed to no avail.
The Bills home where the tragedy happened in a mile north and east of Lorane. Mrs. Phil Hull is a daughter of the Charles Bills and the Hulls were visiting there and at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary G. Hull, R 3.
The body has been taken to the DeMoney - Hollingsworth Funeral Home.
(The above article has been edited to correct errors in the spelling of the names.)
Mr. Hull was buried in the Stough Cemetery.
Columbia City Post – Whitley County, Indiana
Thursday August 26, 1954
Phil Hull, 26, Kankakee, Ill., was fatally shocked shortly before noon today at the Charles Bills home R 3, near Lorane. Mr. Hull was taken to the Whitley County Hospital in the Smith ambulance but was dead on arrival there.
According to Dr. L. G. Minick, Churubusco, who acted as coroner at the request of Dr. James R. Roth, county coroner, Hull together with his brother-in-law, Leslie Bills, was using a drill to repair a power mower. The drill was attached to an extension cord and it is believed developed a short. Hull was standing in water and his shoes and feet were wet.
There was a report and Hull crumpled to the ground. Bills, who saw the accident, turned off the power and artificial respiration was given. This was continued by Stuart Smith when he arrived and two tanks of oxygen were consumed to no avail.
The Bills home where the tragedy happened in a mile north and east of Lorane. Mrs. Phil Hull is a daughter of the Charles Bills and the Hulls were visiting there and at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary G. Hull, R 3.
The body has been taken to the DeMoney - Hollingsworth Funeral Home.
(The above article has been edited to correct errors in the spelling of the names.)
Mr. Hull was buried in the Stough Cemetery.
Hull, Phil
Columbia City Post – Whitley County, Indiana
Thursday August 26, 1954
Phil Hull, 26, Kankakee, Ill., was fatally shocked shortly before noon today at the Charles Bills home R 3, near Lorane. Mr. Hull was taken to the Whitley County Hospital in the Smith ambulance but was dead on arrival there.
According to Dr. L. G. Minick, Churubusco, who acted as coroner at the request of Dr. James R. Roth, county coroner, Hull together with his brother-in-law, Leslie Bills, was using a drill to repair a power mower. The drill was attached to an extension cord and it is believed developed a short. Hull was standing in water and his shoes and feet were wet.
There was a report and Hull crumpled to the ground. Bills, who saw the accident, turned off the power and artificial respiration was given. This was continued by Stuart Smith when he arrived and two tanks of oxygen were consumed to no avail.
The Bills home where the tragedy happened in a mile north and east of Lorane. Mrs. Phil Hull is a daughter of the Charles Bills and the Hulls were visiting there and at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary G. Hull, R 3.
The body has been taken to the DeMoney - Hollingsworth Funeral Home.
(The above article has been edited to correct errors in the spelling of the names.)
Mr. Hull was buried in the Stough Cemetery.
Columbia City Post – Whitley County, Indiana
Thursday August 26, 1954
Phil Hull, 26, Kankakee, Ill., was fatally shocked shortly before noon today at the Charles Bills home R 3, near Lorane. Mr. Hull was taken to the Whitley County Hospital in the Smith ambulance but was dead on arrival there.
According to Dr. L. G. Minick, Churubusco, who acted as coroner at the request of Dr. James R. Roth, county coroner, Hull together with his brother-in-law, Leslie Bills, was using a drill to repair a power mower. The drill was attached to an extension cord and it is believed developed a short. Hull was standing in water and his shoes and feet were wet.
There was a report and Hull crumpled to the ground. Bills, who saw the accident, turned off the power and artificial respiration was given. This was continued by Stuart Smith when he arrived and two tanks of oxygen were consumed to no avail.
The Bills home where the tragedy happened in a mile north and east of Lorane. Mrs. Phil Hull is a daughter of the Charles Bills and the Hulls were visiting there and at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary G. Hull, R 3.
The body has been taken to the DeMoney - Hollingsworth Funeral Home.
(The above article has been edited to correct errors in the spelling of the names.)
Mr. Hull was buried in the Stough Cemetery.
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