American AcornsMorning Sentinel, Waterville, Maine, October 6, 1941, p. 9: “Lineman Burned In Contact With Voltage Wires.” The report names Irvin Oak as the fellow worker who took Ralph R. Wentworth to the hospital.
Family data snapshot: 09-24-2026 Read-only collection from the Oak Family Tree. Research incorporated 09-25-2026 (revision d64a6582). Updated periodically.
Image · dated 6 Oct 1941 · source: Morning Sentinel, via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/854287913/); owner-supplied article clipping
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Keep in mind: The contemporary accident report differs from the later award accounts on voltage and consciousness. Those differences are preserved in the research.
Evidence for
- Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Me.), 6 Oct 1941, p. 9: a Central Maine Power lineman burned at the South Channel dam; 'a fellow worker, Irvin Oak, took the injured man to the hospital' · the original at Newspapers.com
People
- Irving Gilbert Oak 1901–1981