FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK
WOMAN CLIMBS TO 50,000-
VOLT WIRE
(PEF«S ASSOCIATION TELEOEAM.)
WHAKATANE. January 11. This morning Mrs Ellis, whose husband is. in charge of the Rangitaiki electric sub-station, rose at 5.45 a.m., secured the key of the station enclosure from her husband’s pocket, ana climbed the structure until she came m contact with a 50,000-volt wire. She was killed instantly. ~ . • The noise of the fuse blowout aroused her husband, who rushed out and discovered what had happened. About a year ago a little daughter ot Mrs Ellis strayed into the enclosure and climbing up the structure met the same fate. This evidently preyed on the mother’s mind. She leaves two. other young daughters; ’
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21988, 12 January 1937, Page 10
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