FATAL 11,000 VOLT SHOCK
LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED By Telegraph.—Press Association Invercargill, July 12. John Arthur, a married man, aged 54, employed by the Southland Power, Board, was engaged on Sunday at Lochiel taking in the slack of a wire, when as the result of a motor-lorry moving suddenly forward, the loose wire flew upwards and came in contact with the overhead wires. Arthur received the full force of the 11,000-volt current, and death was practically instantaneous.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 256, 13 July 1926, Page 10
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75FATAL 11,000 VOLT SHOCK Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 256, 13 July 1926, Page 10
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