ELECTRICIAN KILLED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2983, 7 January 1926, Page 3

ELECTRICIAN KILLED.

WHILE WORKING UP A POLE

Feilding, January 6,

Joseph Southee, a married man with three children, was electrocuted this afternoon. Death was almost instantaneous. Southee was an employee of the ManawatuOroura Power Board, and was engaged with gang on the work of changing over the local system, which had previously been owned by the borough. Southee was working near the top of a pole and came into contact with a live wire. He was rescued immediately, but attempts at resuscitation failed. Dr. Cameron, on- arrival a few minutes later, could only pronounce life extinct. This is the second fatality in Feilding amongst employees of the power board within twelve months.

LINESMAN TOUCHES LIVE WIRE.

Christchurch, January 6.

While working on an electric line pole at Mount Somers yesterday, an Ashburton Electric Power Board employee named Marsh oil received a shock from a 6000-volt wire. He was unscrewing a nut, when the spanner slipped, and his shoulder came in contact with a live wire. He was badly burnt, and in falling to the ground, a distance of 20 feet, broke his thigh.

FATAL FALL FROM ELECTRIC, POLE.

Dunedin, January 6,

An electric lineman, Alex Miller Duff (IT years of age), was killed by falling from an electric pole at Outram this afternoon. He was conveyed to Dunedin Hospital in an unconscious condition, and died at the istitution about two hours after the accident.