CLOUD, Leo F

Arizona Republican (Phoenix AZ) Sunday, March 7, 1915, p 1 Leo F Cloud, 'Varsity Student Is Electrocuted In Tucson Tucson, March 6--Leo F Cloud, a university student, was electrocuted just before noon today while painting a cement water tank at the University. The tank is ten feet from the ground, in the rear of the electrical laboratory and wires from the laboratory to the transformer station are close to the tank. The wires carried 2,300 volts. The wires had ordinary insulation, which was thought to be enough. This insulation appears to have been worn off by rubbing against the cement tank. Moreover, the tank is supposed to be watersoaked and therefore a conductor. An iron pipe leading along the side of the tank to the ground may have made the connection which killed Cloud. The first intimation the students had of the plight of their associate was a sizzling sound and detected the odor of burning flesh. It took four minutes to have the power shut off. In falling, Cloud upset a pot of paint over his clothes and hung suspended on the wires, a mass of flames. When the current was shut off his body fell to the ground. Professor Henley says if the shock had not been fatal the inhaling of these flames would have caused death. Cloud was 21 years old. He was one of the most popular students and was captain of company A of the cadet battalion. He stood well in his studies. He was on the football team, the basketball team and was the university tennis champion. At one time he was tennis champion of the Southwest, which title he lost to W A Horrell of Phoenix. His parents, who live here, are prostrated with grief. The university called off the ball game scheduled for this afternoon and the debate arranged for tonight. All flags are at half-mast. Joseph L Cloud, the young man's father, and doctors were quickly on the scene, but could do nothing. A coroner's jury said death was due to contact with a live electric wire. Cloud was to have played off the finals in the Tucson tennis club tournament tomorrow and it was conceded he would be the winner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coconino Sun (Flagstaff AZ) Friday, March 12, 1915, p 1 Leo F Cloud, a student of the University of Arizona was electrocuted last Friday just before noon on the campus. He was engaged in painting the water tank in the rear of the mechanical and electrical laboratories when the accident occurred. He leaned back and touched a high voltage wire leading to the transformer station.