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Australian Press Assn.—United Service LIVE WIRE DISASTER. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) VANCOUVER,.August 22. A message from Phoenix (Arizona), states that Richard Miller left home at midnight to post a letter in a corner mail-box, when he stumbled over high voltage wires which were brought down after a heavy windstorm. His screams brought his wife and his sou to his assistance, but all three perished. AVesley Miller, another son sought help, returning with a neighbour, Dave Meeks. They attempted to draw the bodies from the wires and were themselves electrocuted. The five were dead when the police arrived.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1928, Page 3
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