LINESMAN’S DEATH
ELECTROCUTION AT WORK [ Per Press Association. • HAMILTON, Feb. 9. A linesman emplo v ' , i b’' tne Public Works De pa’•’’mem, was elect rocutec at Ruaka.Jur this afternoon. The vic tirr. was Mr. John Turner, aged 33 married, of Pirongia. Mr. Turner, who was a Maori, wa: assisting in alterations to the Rua' kura Farm electrical service, the con' trol of which is being transferrec from the Public Works Department tc the Central Waikato Electric Powei Board. He was working at the top ol a service pole near the farm offices Mr. A. N. Lee, an agricultural instructor, who was working in a field yards away, noticed Mr. Turner lying across the wire, and. on investigating found that he was dead.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 6
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122LINESMAN’S DEATH Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 6
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