MAN ELECTROCUTED.
CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE. WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. While doing some electrical work at Akatarawa yesterday, William Winnie, a linesman, who was employed by the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board, was electrocuted. Ho was strapped up on a pole when he came in contact with a wire through which was running a current of 6000 volts. A doctor was summoned and artificial respiration was attempted without result.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 219, 14 August 1928, Page 6
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68MAN ELECTROCUTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 219, 14 August 1928, Page 6
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