ELECTRIC SHOCK
TWO LINESMEN HURT
FALL FROM POLE
Receiving an electric shock while they were working on a pole in Balfour Street, Vogeltown, shortly^ before 11 a.m. today, two City Council linesmen fell to the ground and were subsequently removed to hospital by the Free Ambulance.
The injured men were Mr. K. Steer, of 17b Rugby Street, who suffered shock, an injury to the forehead and right ankle, and Mr. W. Macwhinnie, of 37 Melrose Street, shock, and injury to the forehead and left arm.
LIMITED LATE
THRE YOUR NAMEN
The Auckland-Wellington Limited express arrived 57 minutes late this morning. The delay was due to speed restrictions and delays caused by blockage of the line in the King Country.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 12
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119ELECTRIC SHOCK Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 12
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