ELECTRIC SHOCK
4 .^ p: V L ,n T ' TWO CHAINMEN INJURED. T’fif ,-. (i*y.’telegraph—press Asaortatibn) - /. ,i ' . . DUNEDJiN-i.rDet'e.itiber 10. "■ At 11.15-tlilisfimprtiing. ,two chain- - me, n, ‘-working in-: a*'survey , party sent to Whare: Flak district from the City .>'• Department, came in contact,’ through a steel band being used , by, them, at, the time, with an electric ' jf They. - are ‘ Robert'; pnrii?a-n and suffering T*.’ and’* .furris. Both are married and reside at Dunedin. "' r; It seeriis that members of the party .•were working at a point near ■ Whore Flat road, a-nd the cha.in.men were pulling aiband .across a gully. Owing to ..'the surface formation, of the country, • !. the band flew up and touched a cable. i As a .direct result-of the- accident there- was a- stoppage of electric power in one section of the . city. tiy 1‘ -7s - ' .. ;
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1930, Page 3
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135ELECTRIC SHOCK Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1930, Page 3
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