MAN ELECTROCUTED
CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, May 7. James Ernest Williams, 32 years old, and married, was electrocuted in the State coal yard this afternoon. Williams and two other men were_ working at a circular saw which was driven by an electric motor, connected to a pole in the yard by a copper cable, which was uncovered. Williams turned on the electric current to start the motor, and when walking away from the switch to the saw bench must have come in contact with the cable, for he was picked up dead with the cable across his body.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 191, 8 May 1924, Page 6
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102MAN ELECTROCUTED Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 191, 8 May 1924, Page 6
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