To Absorb Stray Shocks.
As a result of the death of Edward Ligouri from electric shock, the New Haven Railroad has installed an aërial safety device on its overhead high-tension electric system to take up any stray electric current.
Ligouri was fatally shocked while boarding an electric train at the Glenbrook station on the New Canaan branch.
Coroner Phelan rendered a verdict that death was due to electricity diverted from its fixed pathway by the unfastening of copper-rail bond wires.