LIVE WIRE CONTACTED.
(From Oar Correspondent.) ROTORUA, Monday. Burns on the face and hands as the result of coining to contact with hightension electric lines, were received by Mr. W. D. Unsworth, farmer, of j Ngongotaha, to-day. Mr. Unsworth was fencing on his property, and it is presumed that he threw a wire across a valley, thus contacting the power lines. He was taken to the Kotorua Public 'Hospital. j
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 143, 18 June 1940, Page 10
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