JUDGE’S WARNING
A DANGER EMPHASISED
(By Telegraph-Per Press Association)
DUNEDIN, January 15. \t the adjourned inquest o n Russell Albert Howes, aged 19, the Coroner returned a verdict of cordiac failure, caused by an electric -shock. Ho emphasised the danger of using portable electric lights in bathrooms, or places where they were liable to come m contact with metal. Evidence has shown that deceased was shaving in the bath, using a portaide light which was defective in insulation, -so that the touching of the metal part would cause a shock that would he intensified if the metal were wet. Aloreover, deceased weak cart, as the result of rheumatic lever.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1932, Page 6
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109JUDGE’S WARNING Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1932, Page 6
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