CASUALTIES.
(PBES3 ASSOCIATION HSLEOBAM.) ' WELLINGTON, February 16. Lengthy evidence was taken at the inquest on Bray, the linesman who was electrocuted yesterday, showing {hat the lines were congested on the pole, two of them carrying 2000 volts. Counsel cross-examined to show .that deceased should have used a corporation ladder. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to electrocution while working on the City Council's electric wires.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17691, 17 February 1923, Page 11
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