WIRELESS OPERATOR INJURED.
CONDITION NOT SERIOUS. V wireless operator. Mr. Arthur N Wishart, suffered partial electrocution in the radio room at the Chief Post Office yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wishart was at work at one of the wireless sets when he "bridged across" two live wires, and was subjected to a voltage high enough to render him unconscious. It was some time before he was brought round, and it wa: found necessary to admit him to the Auckland Hospital. This morning his condition was reported as being very much improved. Mr. Wishart, who is a single man, _a. resides at 9, Morrin Street, Eden Terrace.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1926, Page 14
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104WIRELESS OPERATOR INJURED. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 138, 12 June 1926, Page 14
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