NEARLY ELECTROCUTED.
LINESMAN AT OTOROHANGA
FALL OF TWENTY FEET.
OTOROHANGA, Aug. 11
Frank Nathan, aged 20, was nearly electrocuted when working on the Waitomo Power Board’s lines near Otorohanga. While standing on a ladder he touched a wire and was knocked unconscious. He fell across the wires and then to the ground, 20ft below, out was not seriously injured except for bruises.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 220, 15 August 1927, Page 2
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