ELECTRIC WIRE BREAKS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 142, 15 June 1908, Page 9

ELECTRIC WIRE BREAKS.

INJURES A HORSE AND FIRES A HOUSE.

A rather serious accident occurred at the corner of Dominion-road on Saturday, as the result of the fusing of one lof the tramway wires. A 'bus was standj ing at the corner and the live wire fell ! across one of the horses, with serious j though not fatal results- But the damage-, idid not "end here, a fire breaking out in jthe People's Supply Stores, occupied by Messrs. Burton and Gash. The traml wa F V° ie pa.~ses through the verandah j and though there was a considerable I blaze as the wire snapped, it soon died j down, and it was thought that the' ! aanger i was over. A few moments later a crack- , j ling sound was heard in the upper storevj . I and it was found that a fire had broken [: out inside. The flames were extinguished . without the assistance of the fire brigade, I I but not before the stock had suffered ; from damage by water and a considerable . hole had been burnt through the floor. . The manner in which the fire broke out . inside the building is somewhat mysterious, but as the flames were centred . round a gas pipe it is thought that the I current may have run along the pipe i and ignited some small gas leak.