TWO HORSES KILLED
POWER LINE FOULED STACKER TOUCHES WIRE Two horses were killed on the property of Mr. J. Edwards, of Horsham Downs, when a hay-stacker they were drawing struck the main high tension electric-power lines from Arapuni to Auckland. As a result power was cut off for some time. One of the lines broke and fell, the electric current travelling along the shaft of the stacker and striking the two horses. The owner, who was directing the horses with reins, did not feel any shock. The switches at Arapuni “tripped” immediately and power throughout the district was cut off for six minutes. Power was restored to Auckland along the two unbroken lines.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 12
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