LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED.
CONTACT WITH TWO WIRES. '''-*- ■-"■■ '•,■■■ ■ ''--■■ ' '■■■■' FATAL CIRCUIT COMPLETED. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATIOX.] ■ ■■:*': '.f WELLINGTON. Widttes^^g Electrocution was the cause of thi _ ; death of a man named James Bray» v who was working at Sutherland crossing, Melrose, to-day. Bray and his companion, were working ,on the electric wires, wheii by some means 'he ' touched both • wires and.fell to the ground. A medical wan ; said that death occurred before he struck the ground. His companion was not i'Mll jured. \}:'o.: ■ ■ .->.; -j.. --'; -v-^^ll^ Deceased was a linesman employed Wjm the City Electric Lighting Department. : He was a married man, and lived at Mir*mar. ;: ;■ ,'- •:;;. ■':■-;/' ... JJ jj|
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 6
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102LINESMAN ELECTROCUTED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18325, 15 February 1923, Page 6
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