Fishing Rod Comes in Contact with Heavily Charged Wire -----Charles F. Rickey, prominent citizen of Minden, and formerly a merchant at Buckhorn, Eureka County, several years ago, was instantly killed several days ago at power plant six miles east of Gardnerville, on the east fork of the Carson river, when the steel fishing rod which he carried came in contact with a live wire and a charge of 66,000 volts passed through his body. Rickey, with his daughter Miss Vivian, had been fishing on the banks of the river, and he was going up to the dam, where she had already preceded him when the accident happened. It is presumed that he carried the rod over his shoulder and that it did not occur to him that the distance was lessening between the ground and the wires as he ascended the bank and thoughtless of the danger he permitted the rod to touch one of the wires. The hand which held the rod was a little burned, but outside of this there were no other marks on Rickey's body. Death was apparently instantaneous. An inquest was later held and a verdict rendered that death resulted from accident. Mr. Rickey was engaged in the confectionery business at Minden was about 52 years of age and leaves a mother, wife, three daughters and a son to mourn his untimely and unfortunate death. Eureka, Nevada Saturday June 28, 1919