AN EXTRAORDINARY FATALITY
EXPERIMENTER INCINERATED. PARIS, June 9. An extraordinary fatality at Saint Die occurred as a result of a controversy between two electricians as to the lethal power of electric currents. One. named Royer, insirted that it was possible without danger to climb to the top of a standard carrying high tension current provided one did not touch the wires. He proceeded to climb the standard, to which wires carrying current at 75,000 volts were attached. As he neared the top his Companion heard a tremendous report, and saw Royer's body disappear in flames, literally carbonised by the current. Every shred of clothing vanished.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19034, 11 June 1924, Page 5
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