KILLED INSTANTLY.
AMATEUR ELECTRICIAN. WORKING ON WET FLOOR. WARNING BY THE CORONER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Working on the wet floor of liis garage, at an electric lamp, the bracket wiring of which he .had apparently installed himself, Apostle Lambert, -of Knoll Street, Island Bay, received a shock which must have killed him instantly. A general warning to the public against interfering with electrical wiring was given by the coroner, Mr. T. R. McNeil, S.M., at the inquest to-day. He pointed out that the Linesmen's Registration Act provided that no person should do any electrical work unless he was licensed, and there was a penalty of £20 for a breach. The evidence showed that the wire ' used was old. and defective, that it was fixed to woodwork with, galvanised wire and nails, that it was exposed to the weather and that water must have got into the lamp socket. Deceased was appai'ently trying to insert the lamp at the .time of the tragedy, and the earth floor was very wet. •"■.'.,."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 9
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172KILLED INSTANTLY. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 9
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