NARROW ESCAPE
FROM ELECTROCUTION. FOUR WORKMEN RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. (By Telegraph —Per Tress Association) AUCKLAND, May 25. While erecting a mast for a. wireless installation at Huntly West, four men Jack Parkes, Bhana Bula, and Henry and Jack Holii, had a narrow escape from being eleetricuted. As a result of the mast coming in contact with a high tension cable each man received the full voltage and was rendered unconscious. Artificial respiration was applied with success. The fact of the pole being in the ground saved them from death,
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1931, Page 2
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88NARROW ESCAPE Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1931, Page 2
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