FATAL CLIMB
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(AUSTRALIAN ' Nl^t ZEALAND CAfiLS AB3OCJATIOH.) LONDON, 7th May. Allan Greensmith, a young collier, v/as electrocuted at Sheffield. He met s,ome girl friends, and after a, walk climbed a pole, carrying an electidc wire, in order to wave farewell. Apparently he overbalanced, clutched a wire with both hands and received a shock. He was fearfully burned about the head and hands, and was dead when taken down.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 108, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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71FATAL CLIMB Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 108, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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