Switchboard Fatality.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 3 An inquest was held to-day concerning, the death of William E Warren, while working the switchboard at the Electrical Syndicate's works last night. Evidence showed that the syndicate's regulations demanded "w-t india rubber non-conducting Stoves be wom b y employees workn* tw °,r swit *"board, a nd notices to that effect were conspicuously The decenstd hid neglected to comply with this precaution otherwise the accident could not have happened. The jury returned a wdict of accidental death resulting Z',T taCtwUha »ve circuit, no blame being attachable to anyone Specimens of the gloves provided " v the syndicate were product at the •"g "on u]> the wrists.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 283, 3 December 1904, Page 2
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113Switchboard Fatality. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 283, 3 December 1904, Page 2
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