WOMAN ELOCTROCUTED.
SHOCK IN BATH. Per Press Association. HOKITIKA, Feb. 25. Mrs Edna Emma Taylor, wife of Mr William Taylor, was electrocuted at her residence this afternoon. She was running Water into a metal bath Which was apparently charged with electricity through an electric washingmachine being earthed to the cold water pipe. She apparently placed her hand into' the water and the charge went into the apex finger and the thumb of her right hand and through her body, coining out of her left shoulder. When found later she was dead. A native of Christchurch, Mrs Taylor was 26 years of age. Her fat'her resides at Leeston.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 76, 26 February 1938, Page 14
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107WOMAN ELOCTROCUTED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 76, 26 February 1938, Page 14
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