He Was Still Smoking When They Found Him
"The worst wind storm in years swept through Chillicothe, Ohio, on the night of July 5, 1913. At 9:30 p. m., Charles E. Watt, 56 years old, who lived on Sugar Street, was electrocuted while walking home. The wind storm knocked a heavy limb from a sugar tree onto the electric wires. This caused a light pole and its wires to fall, putting out all the electricity and street lights in that part of town. The wires fell across the traction trolley's third rail. Charles Watt stepped off the curb and into the hot wires. He died instantly, as all of the heavy voltage from the streetlights and the traction trolley coursed through his body. His body was badly burned and could not be taken from the street until the power at both the light plant and the traction supply station were turned off. When found, Charles Watt still had his cigar clamped in his mouth, an umbrella in one hand and had his glasses on." (Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe OH, Monday, 7 July 1913.)
