WORKER ELECTROCUTED
WHEN REMOVING DEAD SHEEP. LIVE WIRE ACROSS FENCE. 'By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Wanganui, this day. Mr. R. Worsley, a farm labourer, a married man with five children, was electrocuted this morning by electric power line which broke and fell across a fence at Maxwell. While going his rounds at about six o’clock, Mr. Worsley noticed a number of sheep lying dead, and on attempting to remove one received a fatal shock. This is the first fatal accident since the local power board commenced operations.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3443, 10 November 1932, Page 5
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