MAN'S LUCKY ESCAPE
LIVE CONDUIT GRASPED RESCUER'S SWIFT ACTION A man named William Davics giaspod a live electric conduit, but ho was released just in timo by a cook at Parkcs, New South Wales, recently. Mr. Davics, who is a carpenter, was demolishing a storeroom at the real ot a cafe, and, thinking that the current was switched oil, grasped tho conduit to pull it from a wall. His hands wore wot, and he was standing on wet grpund. Tho full 2-10 volts passed through his body, making it impossible for him to release his hold. Hearing his cries, a cook at the cafe seized a crowbar, and broke tho pipe, receiving a slight shock in doing so. Mr. Davics, who was black in the face, was approaching collapse, but he resumed work after a few hours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22179, 5 August 1935, Page 17
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