Individual Details

Death

Fatal Fall From Ladder

The deputy coroner (Mr. E. W. Backwell, J.P.) on Friday held an inquiry into the death of Isaac Alford, aged 38 years, who suffered fatal injuries when he fell from a ladder at the corner of Kilgour and Swanston streets on Saturday morning. Evidence was given that Alford was an electrician's labourer in the employ of the State Electricity Commission, and that he had ascended a ladder to hand a
rope to the electrician working at the top of the pole. The electrician had taken the rope when he heard a call, and, looking back, saw Alford grasping one of the electric wires. Alford then fell back to the ground. It was stated that, although Alford bore no signs of burns as might be expected from an electric shock, it was
possible that he had touched wires with both hands, and that the shock had caused him to lose his balance. A finding of death from cerebral hemorrhage causedby an accidental fall was recorded.

GEELONG AND DISTRICT (1935, May 18). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 18.

Burial

Isaac Alford
Birth 1897
Cressy, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
Death 11 May 1935 (aged 37–38)
Geelong, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia
Burial Inverleigh Cemetery
Inverleigh, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia
Memorial ID 179039405