Contributed by Mariah (Kendall) Allen Palladium-Item Feb. 23, 1969 Page 1 Column 4 Man Electrocuted, 3 Shocked, Antenna Falls on Power line. (A picture of it.) High voltage electricity surged down this antenna through a guy wire into a metal cabinet, killing one man and injuring two other persons at Webster. The antenna topped as the four moved the cabinet. (Palladium-Item Photo) This writing was under picture. One man was electrocuted and three others were shocked Saturday afternoon when an antenna fall across a power line in a freak mishap at Hall's DX Service Station on US 35 at Webster. Dead on arrival at Reid Memorial Hospital was Theodore Max Parkhurst, 23, R.R 2. David Parkhurst, 26, 4705 National Road West, was in fair condition at the hospital Saturday night with burns on his ears, face, and upper back. Treated for shock was Keith Kendall 15, Webster Road. He was in critical condition. Tom Hall 15, son of the station operator, J.D. Hall was not hospitalized although he was knocked down. Sheriff's deputies and witnesses said the four had emptied a steel tire cabinet and were moving it when tragedy struck. Attached from the cabinet to a citizens band radio antenna rising above the station was a metal guywire, the witnesses said. When the cabinet was moved, the guywire was pulled taut and caused the flimsy antenna pole to buckle. The antenna fell across a public service Indiana (PSI) power line carrying 7,200 volts of electricity. It exploded and knocked me down said Tom Hall of the surge of electricity. The others also were knocked away from the cabinet. Electricity in Webster was off for more than an hour after the mishap, until line crews could be summoned to pull the antenna off the wire and make repairs. Ater's Ambulance service dispatched the emergency unit to transport the injured to the hospital. A native of Cambridge City, Mr. Parkhurst resided in Webster and had been employed at a service station attendent. Survivors of Mr. Parkhurst are the widow Martha Jo, a daughter Bonnie Jean, three sons James Allen, Donald Eugene, and Theodoe Max Jr. three sisters, Mrs. Robert Clark of Cambridge City Mrs. Eugene Tollett of near New Castle and Mrs. Warren Weilenman of Dublin, six brothers Clifford of Millville, George E of Cambridge City, Rex O. of Connersville, Robert O and David both of Richmond and Douglas O. of Mt. Sterlin, KY, his father Otto C. Parkhurst of near Cambridge City and his grandmother Stella K. Parkhurst of Cambridge City, with whom he lived until he was married. Services for Mr. Parkhurst will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday at the Fisher Mortuary in Cambridge City, with burial in Lewisville Cemetery. Rev. Marion Hickman will officiate. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3 pm. Monday. Picture of T.M. Parkhurst