ELECTROCUTION CASE.
PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHT. INQUEST ADJOURNED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WESTPORT, this day. An inquest was opened this morning into the death of Peter Egan, who was eleatrocuted in a garage last night. The evidence of Patrick «Fgan disclosed that both were working on a new portable light. Peter had the light in his left hand and an adapter m his right. Whan the connection was liwde Peter was seized by the current, and it was useless'for witness to attempt to pull out the plug. It was the first time the light had ever been attached to the plug. The inquest was adjourned sine die.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 39, 16 February 1928, Page 9
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105ELECTROCUTION CASE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 39, 16 February 1928, Page 9
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