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Andrew LaBelle

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Andrew LaBelle

Birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
3 Dec 1915 (aged 21)
Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Centerville, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA GPS-Latitude: 45.165451, Longitude: -93.0518494
Plot
Lot 804, Row 6
Memorial ID
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220 Volts Kills St. Paul Man, Working in Laundry
Andrew LaBelle, 21 years old, 747 East Minnehaha Street, was electrocuted in the laundry of the St. Paul hotel yesterday afternoon.
It is said that while adjusting the electric motor, which operates a mangle, he was standing in a pool of water and had a wet towel in his hand. He received 220 volts of electricity.
Mrs. "Mary" LaBelle and her two year old baby, Robert was attending the funeral of her mother, Anna Nee: Bisek Karson, at Hugo, Minnesota, when her husband was killed.
Revised from the
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 04 Dec 1915, Saturday Page 2
220 Volts Kills St. Paul Man, Working in Laundry
Andrew LaBelle, 21 years old, 747 East Minnehaha Street, was electrocuted in the laundry of the St. Paul hotel yesterday afternoon.
It is said that while adjusting the electric motor, which operates a mangle, he was standing in a pool of water and had a wet towel in his hand. He received 220 volts of electricity.
Mrs. "Mary" LaBelle and her two year old baby, Robert was attending the funeral of her mother, Anna Nee: Bisek Karson, at Hugo, Minnesota, when her husband was killed.
Revised from the
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) 04 Dec 1915, Saturday Page 2


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