Man Electrocuted While Crutching Sheep
AUGI\LAND, July 12. A young man was electrocuted at 1 Helvetia, near Pukekohe, this afternoon. He was: TREVOE SLADE, aged 22, only son of Mr. J. A. Slade, of Helvetia." Deceased, who was employed on his tather farm, was crutching sheep with his orother-in-law, using an electric shearing machine on a wet con- ' crete floor. His brother-in-law left him to^ go up to the honse. About 20 minutes later Slade -was discevered -unconscions, the handle of the machine having become alive. Artificial respir ation was applied for over two hours with no success.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1949, Page 2
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