INQUEST AT OAMARU
(0.R.) OAMARU, December 2. An inquest into the death of Edward Oliver Twist, electric linesman, aged 39, employed by the Waitaki Electric Power Board, who died following an accident with the power lines in France street, Oamaru, on November 26, was held before the Coroner (Mr A, W. Woodward, J.P.) to-day. Constable M. L. J. Thyne appeared for the police, Mr O. Stevens (Dunedin) for Twist’s relatives, and Mr J. Main for the Power Board. The Coroner returned a verdict that Twist died as a result of an electric shock while working on the power,line. The Coroner added that Twist the pole without definite 'instructions from the foreman, „ \ „,
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23811, 3 December 1942, Page 6
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