Tag: Edward Sliker
This Week in Chester History…
In 1937, Edward Sliker was electrocuted while working on the N.J. Forestry Service. A cable he had used to keep a tree from splitting, slipped and touched a high voltage wire. He was treated at Morristown Memorial Hospital for burns on his extremities. Source: Mendham-Chester Tribune
This Week in Chester History…
The Mendham-Chester Tribune reported in 1937 that 30-year-old Edward Sliker accidentally electrocuted himself as he wrapped a tree with a cable, which fell and touched a high voltage wire. His coworkers helped him down from the tree after he had become unconscious. He was taken to Morristown Memorial Hospital with burns on his hands, arms, feet, and legs. He survived the incident.
