ACCIDENT AT WORKSHOP.
SEVERE ELECTRIC SHOCK. BUT QUICK RECOVERY. An accident of an unusual nature occurred yesterday, when a yoima s i nt ,i e man named Pat Keegan, aired 2.? years residing in Grafton Road, suffered a severe ejectric shock. Mr. Keegan, who was at the time in the employ of A. Hatriek and Co of Beach Road, was drilling with an electric drill when the implement slipped and he received an electric shock, which rendered him unconscious. In this condition the young man was conveyed to the Auckland Hospital by the St. John Ambulance, where he was reported this afternoon to be improving rapidly, and he was expected to be well enough to go home this evening
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 6
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119ACCIDENT AT WORKSHOP. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 6
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