SEVERE SHOCK
CONTACT WITH POWER LINE By Telegraph—Press Association FEILDING, December 17. Through receiving a severe electric shock, Harold Smith, an employee of the Manawatu Power Board, is now in hospital in a serious condition. Smith was working yesterday with a gang under the direction of the engineer 'of the board on repairs. The lower lines had been disconnected, but the lines on the top poles were not. Smith was on a pole re-straining the dead lines when his shoulder made contact with an 11,000-volt line. He fell but was caught in the dead lines, which prevented his fall to the ground 25ft. below. His comrades lowered him by ropes and he was taken to hospital in an unconscious condition. Smith is a married man with eight children.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19985, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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128SEVERE SHOCK Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19985, 18 December 1934, Page 6
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