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Show Was a Weak Current. The unfortunate fatal accident which occurred recently at the Fulham public baths, England, serve to show how dangerous an electric shock may be when the conditions are such that really good contact la made. In this case two bathers were killed by standing up In their baths and putting their hands on a metal rail running along the top of the partition between the baths. On top of this rail ran the Iron pipes containing contain-ing the electric supply leads. It seems that there was leakage, possibly In a faulty lamp holder, to these pipes, which were insufficiently "earthed." The bathers, therefore, completed the circuit through their bodies to the bath itself, and thus received a shock which, in spite of the fact that the pressure could only have been something like 170 volts, had fatal Results on account of very good contacts which existed. The circumstances cir-cumstances of the case are altogether exceptional, and there is absolutely no need for users of electric light to take alarm. The moral to be drawn is that In an installation of this kind, where it Is possible for people to make direct contact between their damp skin and part of the installation, more care should be taken in design and supervision supervi-sion to prevent any possibility of contact con-tact with any live metal. Philadelphia Record. |