HUMAN RECEIVING-SET.—King George’s speech in London, recently, passed through the body of a radio employee in New York City and was thus transmitted to radio listeners on the Columbia circuit. A guest at the studio had tripped over a 220-volt cable and the wires broke. The control operator quickly snatched them up and the current reconnected through his body. The radio fans heard the King’s speech, but the operator (left) had a narrow escape from electrocution and his right han d was painfully burnt.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 19
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84HUMAN RECEIVING-SET.—King George’s speech in London, recently, passed through the body of a radio employee in New York City and was thus transmitted to radio listeners on the Columbia circuit. A guest at the studio had tripped over a 220-volt cable and the wires broke. The control operator quickly snatched them up and the current reconnected through his body. The radio fans heard the King’s speech, but the operator (left) had a narrow escape from electrocution and his right hand was painfully burnt. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 910, 1 March 1930, Page 19
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