WIRELESS CAUSES DEATH
FATE OF BOY AMATEUR While testing his wireless set in his bedroom at Newport, England. Ronald Williams, 17, was electrocuted. He had placed in his mouth a portion of flex which was connected to an electric lamp. At the same time he was holding an iron bedpost, and a circuit being formed he was electrocuted. Williams was. the only son ot Mrs. Williams, matron of the scattered homes under the Newport Guardians. He received a shock of about 200 volts and died almost immediately. When he was found the only signs of electrocution were burns on his lips, where he had placed the flex in his mouth.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 November 1927, Page 9
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