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A REMARKABLE FATALITY. THE RESULT OF AN ARGUN ■ Prees Asoociation—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, June 9. An extraordinary fatality occurred at Saint Dio as the result of a controversy between two electricians as to the lethal power of electric currents. One, named Royer, insisted that it was possible without danger to climb'to the top of a standard carrying a high-tension current, provided that ho did not touch the wires He proceeded to climb the standard, to which wires carrying a current of 65,000 volts were attached. As he neared the top his companion heard a tremendous report, and lie saw Royer's body disap pear in flames, literally carbonised by the current. Every shred of the man’s clothing vanished. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19195, 11 June 1924, Page 7
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