DEATH IN BATH
(Press Assn.—
danger of portable lights YOUNG MAN ELECTROCUTED
-By Telegraph— Copyright.)
DUNEDIN, Friday. At the adjourned inquest qn Russell Albert Hqwes, aged 19 years, the coroner returned a verdict of cardiac failure, caused by an electric shock. He emphasised the danger of using ppTtable electric lights in bathrooms or places where they were
liable to come m contact witn metai. ' The evidence had shown that deceased was shavihg in a bath, using 2, portable light, which was defective in insulation, so that touching a metal part wofild cause a shock that would be intensified if the hand was wet. Moreover, deceased had a weak heart as a re-jnlt pf rheumatic fever.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 123, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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115DEATH IN BATH Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 123, 16 January 1932, Page 5
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