A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A LINEMAN ELECTROCUTED. RESCUER NEARLY SHARES THE SAME FATE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last 'Night. Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon a horrible accident occurred to two linemen shifting a low tension electrical wire outside Messrs. A. and T. Burt's foundry, Cumberland street. James Henderson got his hand upon one of the wires, and was immediately electrocuted, Mr. Highley, foreman to Briiisby and Co., saw him hanging across the wire and went up to his rescue, but, finding all the wires live, he returned to the ground to get the power shut off. Before he was done James Kindh, a c«»ipanion of Henderson's, mounted the ladder and attempted to take him from his position, but he himself was caught by one of the wives and received a terrible shock, which left him helpless. Mr. Highley assisted to get Kinch down, and upon his removal to the 'hospital he quickly recovered. Henderson was lowered to the ground with some difficulty, and it was then seen that his hands were burnt to the bone. He was taken to the hospital, but examination showed that he was dead. Kinch is ?. married man* but Henderson was single.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 39, 26 May 1910, Page 5
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196A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 39, 26 May 1910, Page 5
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