SERIOUS ACCIDENT
REPORTED AT PARKVALE MEN SAID TO HAVE BEEN ELECTROCUTED. K CONTACT WITH POWER LINES. A serious accident was reported to have occurred at Parkvale early this afternoon, when a hay-pressing plant is said to have come in contact with high power lines on or near the property of Mr S. Rayner, ‘-Woodlands.” According to the information available three men were involved in the accident and it is believed two are dead. The names of the victims could not be ascertained at the time of going to press. Dr R. N. Campbell and the police had proceeded to the scene of the accident.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 6
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104SERIOUS ACCIDENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 6
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