Horrible Death
1 PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | Melboubne, This Day. The first fatal accident in the colony resulting from electric lighting, is reported from the New Australasian Company's works at Richmond, and circumstances point to recklessness on the part of the victim. The Engineer in charge ■was engaged swi'cliing the current from one dynamo to the other in order to stop and oil one machine. Patterson, the electrician, was standing in front of the switch board of the second machine, and tho engineer, after changing the switching, saw Patterson graspiug the switches with both hnnis and unable to let go. The current was immediately stopped, ■when Patterson fell down and he expired hi five minutes. Deceased received the full current at a power of 500 volte, and his fingers were almost charred off. The body, which was blackened and shrivelled, presented a terrible sight.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 78, 18 December 1890, Page 2
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144Horrible Death Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 78, 18 December 1890, Page 2
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