FATE OF LINESMAN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21210, 5 September 1940, Page 10

FATE OF LINESMAN

APPARENTLY ELECTROCUTED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Wednesday An assistant-linesman employed by the Hutt Valley Power Board, Mr William Paterson, married, aged 29, of Eastbourne, was presumably electrocuted at 2.30 this afternoon while working on a pole in Lower Hutt. He was seen by two work- | mates hanging by his safety strap, : and they brought him to the ground. , A doctor was summoned and attempts at resuscitation were continued for about an hour, but without success. FALL INTO RIVER 1 LITTLE GIRL DROWNED i (By Telegraph.—Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Wednesday j The twin daughter of Mr and Mrs ’ D. A. McDonald, 96 Grey street. - Phyllis Genevieve McDonald, aged i nearly four, was drowned when she fell into the Waihopai River at the

foot of Grey Street this afternoon. Phyllis, her twin sister and another little girl were playing on the bank of the river when Phyllis fell in and was drowned in water between 3ft and 4ft deep. ORCHARDIST SERIOUSLY HURT (By Telegraph.—Pres* Association' HASTINGS, Wednesday A well-known Hawke’s Bay orchardist, Mr Simon Edilson, was seri- ! ously injured when run over by a heavy tractor on his farm this momt | ing. He was admitted to hospital suf- • I fering from chest injuries.