MECHANIC ELECTROCUTED.
SHORT-CIRCUIT OF LAMP. WORKING IN DAMP PIT. •By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GORE, Tuesday. William George Lovejoy, aged 17, employed as a mechanic in a garage, was electrocuted this evening. He was working in a damp pit when the electric lamp he was using short-circuited. Doctors were immediately summoned and artificial respiration was applied, but failed. An oxygen cylinder was used for 2 J hours without , avail.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 10
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