FOUND ELECTROCUTED
(By Teleeraph—Press Association.l
GREYMOUTH, February, .23,
; -A Westland Hospital porter named George Small, 35 years of age, single, was electrocuted at 6.45 th.is.: evening while" inside tlie little railway station at- Seaview, near ■ Hoki,tika, -while awaiting a traia to obtain mail. The fatality was discovered by train men. The station was undamaged. The electrical discharge had struck .Small, on the chest, travelling down his left leg and tearing the'left boot.- Evidently the deceased was reading a newspaper at the time. "He was found lying face i downward. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1937, Page 9
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89FOUND ELECTROCUTED Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1937, Page 9
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