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(Received 10.30 a.m.) NEATTLJ-;. dune 2d. A man died in the Seattle general hospital nine hours after coming into con-tia-t witii a live wire canyintr b'o,ooo volts at a power substation in the Puget Sound Traction Company's works. lie walked into a room containing a trans-iwnir.-r. contrary to the rules, a.ud when i iL.-oing through a narrow place his side brushed .igaimt the heavily charged wires. He regained censctousne-s after the. accident, but the shock was ;ij severe Uiat be eventually iTtcMmt'cd.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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83ELECTROCUTED. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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