ELECTROCUTED ON FENCE
FATALITY OX KAIMATA FAEM. Robert George William Divin, farm worker, aged 30, met his death by electrocution at Kaimata, near Inglewood, at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. He was electrocuted on a fence on his employer’s property which had become charged with current from a fallen power wire. His screams were heard by his wife, who was in the house ia which he and his wife lived on the property of Divin’s employer, Mr. A. H. Harwell. It Is understood Mr. Diyiu was climbing over the fence to the huu.-o when he was electrocuted. Mrs. Oakshot, Inglewood, is a sister of the dead man.
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Patea Mail, Volume LIII, 20 July 1934, Page 4
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106ELECTROCUTED ON FENCE Patea Mail, Volume LIII, 20 July 1934, Page 4
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