SCHOOLBOY ELECTROCUTED BY FALLEN WIRE.
/ mmmarnmmm mu AUCKLAND, Dec. 8. A pupil of St. Helier's Bay School was electrocuted when lie touched a hanging wire on his way' home this afternon. He was: I TREVOE ERNEST HUEFIT, aged 7, j , son of Mr. Morris Hurfit. I The hoy} accompaaied ))% gevdral
other children, was walking with bare feet in wet grass in the road at the rear of the school, when he eaught hold of the wire. Tt had apparently been blown down by strong gusts of wind and was hanging about a foot "from the ground. . A master was informed and three doctors worked for four'hours m an unsnceessful attempt to revive the child.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 December 1949, Page 5
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