FATAL SHOCK
INFANT ELECTROCUTED
LEAD LEFT HANGING Through apparently touching the 'i\c terminal oi' an electric kettle connection. Peter Robert Howcroft. the !-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Ter.ry Howcroft. of Te Kawa. near '» Awamutu. was electrocuted on Wednesday. 'n inquest was opened before the dish’iel coroner, Mi - . W. Jeffery, and Ide ice was given by the parents that a'ter the electric kettle liad been used a lead from a switch was disconnected from Hie kettle, the current being left on. The child, who was playing on the floor, apparently picked up the lead and received a shock.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 20 October 1939, Page 12
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98FATAL SHOCK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 20 October 1939, Page 12
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