FIVE ELECTROCUTED.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 23 August 1928, Page 5

FIVE ELECTROCUTED.

United Prose Asm. —B v Electric Telegraph Copyright. ("Received 10.45 a.m.)

i, VANCOUVER, August 22.

A message from Phoenix, Ari*/6nn, states that Rlchardi Miller left his home at midnight to post a' .letter ini a corner mail-liex. |H e stiynhled over a high voltage wirej brought down after a heavy windstorm.

Ills screams brought his wife ■aifitf' son to his assistance, but all, three perished.

Wesley Miller, another son, sought help.

.'[Returning with a neighbour, Carl ilffeeks, they attempted to draw the J "from the wire and were themselves electrocuted.'' ''•- '. \ : V/ •'■•';

All fife were dead when the police arrlyed*—Austaralian Press Assri,—United Service. ,