SUSPENDED BY THE FEET.
A LINESMAN'S ORDEAL. Grey town, December 8. Presence of mind and good fortune averted the death of a linesman at Greytown yesterday afternoon, when some employees of the Wairarapa Hydro-Electric Power Board were attending to the street wires opposite the Bank of New Zealand in Main Street. One, named Chipper, was up a pole when he slipped and fell, his foot catching in the wires and suspending him head downwards above the concrete kerb. He was able to snatch a wire leading into a house. In doing so lie caused the 230 volt current to pass through his body, and although his action probably saved his life, methods of resuscitation had to l>e applied when his fellow workers had lowered him (o the ground. Chipper was able to return to his home in Carterton.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2973, 10 December 1925, Page 2
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138SUSPENDED BY THE FEET. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2973, 10 December 1925, Page 2
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