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INQUEST ON VICTIM Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL. July 19. An inquest was held to-day on John Arthur, who was electrocuted at LoeJiiel while running out a low-tension wire which camo in contact with a high-tension wire. Mr Hutton (assistant engineer) said the accident could have been avoided by the cutting of the high-tension wire, which would mean cutting off s6me six hundred consumers for the day. Instructions had been issued that Ibis must be done in future, no matter what inconvenience was caused. A verdict of accidental death was leturncd.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12503, 20 July 1926, Page 7
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