A ALIVE WIRE.
;"■; ■ .-. . . ... ,» ■ j [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, to-day. ■ At.tlje intersection of Highj Man- . Chester, and Lichfield streets yejsterday, 'one span of the wires which" hold up the trolley wires fell, arid a cabman, drove over it,- although the constable .on- -duty- warned. him not to do so./ No sooner had -flic cab horse stepped npon the wire than it fell writhing to the ground. The constable jerked the reins and 'got the horse off the wire, sustaining- a nasty sheck. The horse recovered quick-. •ryV- ' The constable had great difficulty in keeping tho idly curious away from the wire. ' ' a ■ ■■ '- ; - ■
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 130, 1 December 1908, Page 5
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100A ALIVE WIRE. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 130, 1 December 1908, Page 5
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