LINESMAN KILLED
FALL FROM HIGH TOWER ACCIDENT NEAR CAMBRIDGE Tby telegraph—OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Wednesday A fatal accident occurred at Hautapu, Cambridge, early this afternoon, when a linesman employed by the Public Works Department, Mr. Matthew Dinan, aged 35, fell from a 70ft. tower carrying electric power lines, and was killed instantly. Deceased was engaged in testing the lines, but no one saw what caused him to fall. He was a married man, residing in Knighton lload, Hamilton.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22390, 9 April 1936, Page 12
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77LINESMAN KILLED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22390, 9 April 1936, Page 12
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