RAY ELECTROCUTION
CHILD'S DEATH EXPLAINED
(Australian Press Association.) (Received 3 p.m.) LONDON, December 18
At the inquest into the death of Doris Laverack, aged eight, who was electrocuted while onj the (operating table at the Hull infirmary, a verdict of accidental ’death was returned.
A radiologist isaid that the nurse unwittingly hpproached the danger zone beyond the fluorescent stream, placing herself in aft ideal position in relation to the overhead leads from the high-tension system, thus completing the circuit and giving a shock which was sufficient to electrocute the child.
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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1928, Page 5
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