Bean leaves and widow and two children, Forest Leee, aged four months, and Robert. He had been employed as lineman by the company since October 1921. Bean had lived in Athens most of his life until January 1927, when he was transferred by the Southern Ohio Electric Company to Jackson. While working at a sub-station at Black Fork below Jackson, Hollie Bean, 40, was electocuted Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Hollie Bean Dies at Sub Station Below Jackson Bean, Hollieįormer Athens Man Killed By Electrocution The family has asked that flowers be omitted. Monday, followed by additional services at 2:20 p. where short services will be conducted at 1:30 p. Maud Tresize, Toledo.įriends may call after Sunday noon at the Walburn funeral home on Mill St. Glazier, survivors include a brother, Leroy, Carthage Township two other brothers, Frank and Myrna, ofĬleveland and two more sisters, Mrs. Barry came to Athens several years ago to live with a brother and sister, Jess E Nickoson and Mrs. She later moved to Chicago, and married John Barry, living there for 50 years. Ernest R Glazier, 20 Dalton Ave., a nephew and niece with whom she had made her homeīorn in Jefferson County, she came to Athens County at an early age with her parentsm Thomas and Eliza Nickoson, late of Carthage Nettie Nickoson Barry, 91, died Saturday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital, where she had been confined for a week after being This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Melinda, relict of Ross Barker, died at the residence of ther son-in-law, G. Raf Casert in Brussels contributed to this report.Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras, several government ministers and politicians from all of the countries political parties made online and live statements strongly denouncing the attack.Įuropean Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourov joined the condemnation and said Greek authorities must do “much more…to guarantee the security of journalists and media, because this this attack is really shocking.” “The freedom of the press is neither constrained nor muzzled by terrorist acts,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a Parliament session. Greece has seen similar attacks on media outlets and other targets that most often turned out to be the work of far-left groups, but Tuesday’s fire caused more serious damage. No one had claimed responsibility as of Wednesday afternoon. The group’s news site said a serious malfunction in the radio station’s broadcast tower on Tuesday could be related to the fire. , are examining security cameras from nearby buildings. Police said they suspect other people might have helped the arsonists escape. Real Group reported on its website that security cameras showed two people with their heads covered placing the canisters and can. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michalis KarayiannisĬhatzinikolaou founded the media company in 2007. (Michalis Karayiannis/Eurokinissi via AP) No injuries were reported but there was significant material damage. The Fire Service says it found three gas canisters taped at a staircase between the ground and first floors. Reporters and authorities gather outside the headquarters of Real Group, a media organization, in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Real Group owner Nikos Chatzinikolaou, a veteran journalist, posted a short clip from his car that showed the top of the building on fire and tweeted: “Explosions and fire at Real FM and Realnews! They are burning us! They are trying to shut us down!” The newspaper in located on the first floor and the radio station on the second. The offices of a shipping company on the building’s top floor suffered the most damage. No one was injured, although a radio station sound engineer was evacuated and treated for smoke inhalation. Fire Service investigators found the remnants of three gas canisters tied together on an external stairwell between the ground and first floors, as well as a can containing a flammable liquid. at the building which houses radio station Real FM and the Real News newspaper in Maroussi, a northern Athens suburb.įirefighters extinguished the blaze. ATHENS, Greece (AP) - An arson attack on a suburban Athens building that houses the offices of a Greek radio station and newspaper caused significant damage early Wednesday and drew condemnation from political leaders in Greece and elsewhere in the European Union.Įxplosions were heard before a fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m.

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