A LAD ELECTROCUTED.
WELLINGTON, March 23. A boy named Francis 12 years of age, an inmate of the Home of Compassion, at Island Bay, while playing near the Home, this; afternoon, touched a live electric wire, which had been blown down by the gale. The lad was electrocuted,. death being instantaneous.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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51A LAD ELECTROCUTED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9047, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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