FATAL INJURIES.
Worker Contacts with Hightension Wire. Press Association —Copyright. | Auckland, April 1. I Grave injuries from which he succumber five hours later were suffered by an employee of the Public Works Department, Percy Ballard, ig€d 30, miarried, of Arapuni, when, while working on a building scheme at the Arapuni hydro-electric Works sarly to-night, he came in contact with a 700-volt high tension line. The incident had the effect o; cutting off :he supply to Auckland, King Coun- . try and the Waikato for 12 minutes. After attention from Dr. Mac Diarmid, Putaruru, Ballard was conveyed to the Waikato hospital in an ambulance. On admission his condition was regarded as critical and h'« died shortly after 11 •,’clock from the effect of extensive bodily burns and shock.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 397, 2 April 1937, Page 2
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126FATAL INJURIES. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 397, 2 April 1937, Page 2
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