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Sherman Daily Democrat
Monday, April 30, 1917
pg. 5

J.A. Snedal, an electrician in the employ of Texas Power & Light Co. at Denison, was electrocuted while at work on a high tension wire shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. A number of bystanders were serious injured when the oxygen tank of the pulmoter used in an effort to revive the stricken man exploded. Dr. Leland Ellis, the attending physician, was burned about the face and right eye.
Mr. Snedal is survived by a wife and small son.

The Whitewright Sun
Friday, May 4, 1917
pg. 4

LINEMAN ELECTORCUTED
Denison, Texas, April 28 - Julius Snedal, a lineman employed by the Texas Power & Light Co., was electrocuted shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon by coming in contact with a wire carrying 2300 volts. He was engaged with some others in replacing wires damanged by the storm last night.
While efforts were being made with a pulmotor to revive Snedal, a number of persons were injured. The pulmotor gauge registered empty and a cap was removed to refill the tank. Instead of being empty, there were several pounds of an acid mixture in the tank and this rapidly excaped. Where the mixture came in contact with clothing, it burned holes to the skin and where it stuck flesh, it made painful burns. Dr. Leland Ellis was burned about the face and body. W.H. Halton and J.L. Swank, operating the pulmotor, were burned about the face and body. Fred Potts, a Negro, was burned about the face and may lose his sight. Others were less seriously injured.
Snedal is survived by his wife and a small son, who reside at 214 West Bond street.