NECESSITY FOR WARNING.
TEMPORARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 11. The danger of using equipment of a. temporary or unsuitable nature m conjunction with modern supply svsterns of 230 volts was stressed at the adjourned inquest into the death of Leslie Arthur Jones, who received a fatal shock while handling an electrical lead at his home on August 30. Deceased, who was a telegraphist employed by the Post and Telegraph Department, was working under his house at the installation of a wireless set with an electric lamp, when his death occurred. . “The attention of the general public should be directed to the danger present when appliances of a temporary or unsuitable nature are used in the electrical supply systems existing at the present time. Electricity at this voltage is often treated m a careless manner, chiefly through ignorance of its possibilities, and the public should be warned against the practice, said Mr W. L. Langridge, an electrical engineer employed by the Public Works In* returning a verdict of accidental death by electrocution, the Coroner .added a rider, commending to the consideration of the Power Board the advisability of sending a printed warning to consumers of electricity, pointing out the danger as soon as and as often as possible. ■
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 243, 12 September 1929, Page 7
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210NECESSITY FOR WARNING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 243, 12 September 1929, Page 7
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