PERILS OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Br Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. A MAN STRUCK DEAD IN MELBOURNE. (PRESS association.) Melbourne, May 30. A heavy thunderstorm broke over the city yesterday. An electric light wire at the corner of Russell and Lonsdale streets was broken. A man named Andrews seized J;he wire, and was knocked down. Another, named Herbert Wells, attempting to assist Andrews, caught him by the wrist, and was struck dead. Andrew escaped with a severe burning. The force of the electric current was 2000 volts.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1057, 2 June 1892, Page 33
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