SHOCK TO WORKMAN.
"A FIREWORKS DISF>LAY." 3illSSlSlPiiSiiPlll®!S^^^S SHORT CIRCUIT IN EXCAVATION.II | ~~ • - fBX ~ TELEGaAPH.—O WS - ; COBRSfiPOJTOXVE )■/' > - , CSRIBTCHURCH, Friaay. , An underground cable running through Hagley Park | gave a fire-works . display § i|| about 9 o'clock this morcing, causing a momentary interference with the whole hydro-electric system in Christchurch, and ,Vj,:ftp cutting off ? the current in portion of the §| V || city, for 22 minutes. A City Council employee is still mopping, a beaded- brow, for he caused the short circuit and "it happened at his very. < feet. Excavation ; . work " was proceeding in the park, and, according to the official l||§| acoount, the man drove a piinch bar. against the ' cable. He was fortunate in . 11l that the only shock fee? received was % the oho 'to his feelings. -'' 3 PS-fa v'>
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18705, 10 May 1924, Page 10
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126SHOCK TO WORKMAN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18705, 10 May 1924, Page 10
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