FATAL SHOCK
A young man suffered a fatal electric shock when he came into contact with switchgear carrying 66,000 volts at the New Zealand Electricity Department’s sub-station at Southbrook on Friday morning. He was
Jeffrey Murray Heard, aged 21, an electrical fitter, single, of 39 Waltham Road, Christchurch. He was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs P. Heard.
Mr Heard was standing on a steel girder supporting the switchgear when the accident occurred. He fell about 30ft on to concrete.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31773, 2 September 1968, Page 1
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