POWER-HOUSE MISHAP
Attendant Injured CURRENT INTERRUPTED By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, July 24. Electrical power in Christchurch was temporarily cut off at 1.44 p.m. to-day as the result of an accident at the Lake Coleridge power house. Mr. S. A. Preston, first station operator. received fairly severe burns and shock. At the time the starter of the autotransformer tire on a sychronised motor was being tested. Suddenly a short-cir-cuit developed, causing a severe arc. and Preston, who was closest to the motor, was sprayed witli hot oil. which caused painful burns about his face, head and hands. The short circuit caused a violent explosion, and splinters of heavy iron and other sections of equipment were hurled around the room. After the explosion a fire broke out in the sub-station, but was sprayed by extinguishers, and was quickly under control. The injured man was taken to Dog Christchurch Hospital.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 256, 25 July 1930, Page 4
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