FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK
DEATH OF HOSPITAL ENGINEER. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Waipukurau, December 22. An inquiry into the death of 'John William West Tyrie, aged 62 years, engineer of the Waipukurau Hospital Board, was held before Dr. H. W. Kendall, district Coroner, this morning. Expert evidence showed that an extension lamp used by the deceased in making an inspection of the drainage system of the isilation ward did not comply with the Government regulations. A verdict was returned that death was due to syncope, resulting from shock, following the passage of an electric current through the body, while engaged on the board’s duty.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 77, 24 December 1928, Page 8
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102FATAL ELECTRIC SHOCK Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 77, 24 December 1928, Page 8
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