MAN ELECTROCUTED.
IN RAILWAY STATION. Per Press Association. GREYMOUTH, Feb. 23. A AYestland hosjiital jiorter George Small, aged 35, was electrocuted at 6.45 this evening while inside the little railway station at Seaview near Hokotika, while awaiting a train to obtain mail. The fatality was discovered by train men. The station was undamaged. The electrical discharge had struck Small on the chest, travelling down his left leg and tore the left boot. Evidently deceased was reading a newsjiaper at the time, and was found lying face downward.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 72, 24 February 1937, Page 11
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