James Vincent (Jim) Minucci |
| Posted 2018-05-22 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, May 31, 1937, page 1, column 3 Mishap Fatal To Local Man An accident at 10 o'clock this morning at the new steel sub-station the Arizona Power corporation is erecting here cost the life of an hour and a half later of an employe, J. Vincent (Jim) Minucci, 30 years of age, who has been with the company two and a half years as an electricians helper. He went aloft on one of the steel towers to make a measurement for a switch he and Herman Kasper, electrician, were fabricating on the ground and in some manner came in to contact with a 'hot' 44,000- volt line. The shock knocked him off the tower to the concrete pavement 26 feet below, which he struck on his face with the result that his skull was crushed. Artificial resuscitation for electrical shock was given immediately by various employes well trained in the art, among them, Edwin B. Marshall, Paul Toci, and William H. Reeves, with 'very good' chances of success but the fracture of the skull made it to no avail. The manuel resuscitation soon was supplemented by the inhalator and resuscitator which was sent to the scene by the Prescott Volunteer Fire department, of which Minucci had been a member for three years, in particular of the Okay Hose Company. Within five minutes a physician and surgeon was on the job. He directed the efforts to save the man's life. Also on the job was Malcolm M. Bridgwater, general superintendent, who saw to it that everything medical science could do was provided. He was as saddened as much as any of the employes over the tragedy. Young Minucci, however, was unconscious probably from the time of the shock, certainly from the moment he struck the concrete. He was married May 6, by the Rev. Arthur Simon Crook C.M.F., in the parish house at Sacred Heart Catholic church to Miss Bernice Heckendorn, a registered nurse employed at Mercy hospital. The wedding took place on Ascension Day. Other survivors are his mother, Mrs. Marie Minucci, formerly of Mayer, where Minucci was born and reared and where he was known as 'Nordie' by a brother, Archie, resident of Mayer; a sister, Mrs. L. A. Mercer of this city; whose husband is also in the employ of the power company; a sister in Albuquerque, N. Mex., Mrs. John Russell; and a brother, William, who is working at the Iron King Mine in the Mayer district. The mother had been making her home here with her son. An inquest has been called by Justice of the Peace, Gorden S. Clark for 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The body has been removed to the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home. Iron Mountain, Mich., was Minucci's birthplace, October 11, 1906. At the age of four he was brought to Mayer, where he grew to manhood. First cousins are the Prescott Minucci's, Mrs. Mary (William) Wood, Mrs. Martha Boyle, Miss Mickey Minucci, Miss Josephine Minucci, and Frank and Walter Minucci. Nordie Minucci and his bride took up residence at 211 Grove avenue right after their marriage with the expectation of buying the property. She intended to continue on as surgical nurse at Mercy hospital across the street through this summer, then resign her position. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World. Transcriber's note: Mr. Minucci is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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