MAN ELECTROCUTED.
ANOTHER SERIOUSLY BURNED. (P.A.) WAIPUKURAU, November 19. While engaged in work connected with a soil erosion survey near Waipukurau jyesterday afternoon, two Public Works Department employees received electric shocks. One died and the other was severely burned. They are: Dead. Mr Angus Mackay, married, aged 30, of Eketahuna.
Severely Burned.
Mr Rayner James Jose, who was admitted to hospital in a serious condition.
The two men were using a steel tape. Maekay was on a hill 50 feet above a 11,000-volt line, and Jose m the paddock below. The steel tape touched the bottorfi of the high-tension line.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19431120.2.35
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 35, 20 November 1943, Page 3
Word Count
100MAN ELECTROCUTED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 35, 20 November 1943, Page 3
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in