CLOTHES LINE GIVES WOMAN ELECTRIC SHOCK
AUCKLAND, Nov. 23
When an Auckland woman touched her clothes line she received an electric shock and became unconscious. The weight of her body, however, freed her from the line and she later recovered. The engineer of the Waitemata Power Board (Mr A. Main) said it had been found that the woman had an American 110-volt radio set that did not comply with the New Zealand wiring regulations. It was fitted with a two-pin plug instead of the regulation three-pin plug necessary to earth the set. The aerial was alive and it touched the clothes line. Mr Main said this showed how important it was to use only approved electrical appliances wired in accordance with the regulations.
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Grey River Argus, 24 November 1948, Page 5
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