TWO LADS KILLED.
ELECTROCUTED' IN BATHS. WIND SWINGS WIRE LOW. TOUCHED IN ACT OF DIVING. United Press Association-Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. Joseph Gehrmann, aged 17, and Robert Richardson, aged 15, were electrocuted in a public bathing enclosure at Scarness. They were seated on a springboard when a strong wind swung the overhead wire dangerously low and as Gehrmann stood up to dive his arms touched the wire. He was hurled forward and took the wire with him. It also touched Richardson. Both lads fell into the water, the bodies being recovered later.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 64, 27 December 1935, Page 5
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