FATAL SHOCK
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, Feb. 3
A woman who died from electric shock while using a floor polisher early last month, died not through any fault in the machine itself, but because of a broken bakelite plug and an incorrect wire connexion, the Auckland Coroner (Mr A. D. Copeland) found today. He was inquiring into the death on January 4 of Mrs Josephine Mowat, aged 58, of Birkenhead.
Mr Copeland said the incorrect connexion in the motor plug meant that although the switch on the machine was in the “off” position, the current was still flowing.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30977, 5 February 1966, Page 17
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98FATAL SHOCK Press, Volume CV, Issue 30977, 5 February 1966, Page 17
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