MAN ELECTROCUTED.
CURRENT OF 60,000 -VOLTS.
By Telegraph—Pres* Associ*tion—Copyright.
Seattle, June 26. A man has died in the Seattle general hospital nine hours after coming into contact with a live wire carrying 60,000 volte at a power substation in the Puget Sound Traction Company's works. The man walked into a room containing a transformer, contrary to the rules, and when passing through a narrow place his side brushed against the heavily charged wires. Ho regained consciousness after the accident, but the shock was so severe that he eventually succumbed.
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New Zealand Herald, 29 June 1914, Page 7
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