ELECTROCUTED
CAUSED BY BROKEN LINE
(Per Cress Association — Copyright .)
WANGANUI, November 10
,R. W’orsley, a labourer, married with five children, was electrocuted this morning. An electric power line broke and fell across a fence at Maxwell. While doing hie rounds at a.b,ut 6 o’clock, lie noticed a number of sheep lying dead, and on attempting to remove one, received a fatal shock. It was the first fatal acc'-dent since the Power Bmud commenced operations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1932, Page 6
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74ELECTROCUTED Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1932, Page 6
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