MAN ELECTROCUTED
DEATH OF A LINESMAN DUNEDIN, Dec. 4. An electric linesman, Arthur Benton, single, aged 40, and residing in Dunedin, was engaged witn two other work* mcn this afternoon at Maungahau, near Mosgicl, putting a transmission line on to the main line from Waipori to Dunedin when he was The new line was being hauled across the main, line, which was carrying 35,00 u volts. Deceasea’s hand apparently came in contact with the bare wire.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 44, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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