TRAGEDY ON FARM
CASE OF ELECTROCUTION BROTHER AND SISTER DEAD WIRE FALLS ACROSS FENCE NEW SOUTH WALES FATALITY By Telegraph—Preaia Association—Copyright (Received December 12, 7.30 p.m.) SYDNEY. Deo. 12 Lucy Skinner, aged 30, and Frederick Skinner, aged 21, whos<s parents are dairy farmers at Maclean, on the north coast, were electrocuted to-day in tragic circumstances. Frederick went to the assistance of a neighbour's cow, which was lying near a fence. He was unfastening a wire gate w r hen he was killed. Hii- sister Lucy attempted to pull him away. She ucreamed and died instantly. It was later'ascertained that an electric high-power line had broken some distance away and fallen across a fence, coming into contact with the top strand of barbed wire, which led to the gate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21982, 13 December 1934, Page 14
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