FARMER ESCAPES DEATH.
Broken Power Line Kills Dog and Cow. (Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND. August 14. A narrow escape from death was experienced by Mr O. Cowan, a Hinuera farmer. Just before daylight he went for his cows and saw one lying down A dog which went to heel the cow dropped dead. Mr Cowan realised in time that the cow also was dead, having been electrocuted through a broken power line. The occurrence took place in an open paddock clear of fences.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 193, 15 August 1931, Page 14
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