YOUNG LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED
(P.A.) INVERCARGILL, Mar. 5. Employed as a junior linesman by the Southland Electric Power Supply, a youth was electrocuted yesterday when he came in contact with wires on a pole while working at Oreti. He was Mr. Mervyn George Carter, aged 19. Artificial respiration failed. Mr. Carter's parents live at Winton.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22887, 5 March 1949, Page 8
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54YOUNG LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22887, 5 March 1949, Page 8
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