SWITCHBOARDS WRECKED
THUNDE,RSTOT«I. POTS SYDNEY
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(UNITED I'RRSS ASSOCIATION-COTYItlOIIT.) (Received 2GUi June, 12.30 p.m.) ; ; 'SYDNEY, This Day. During a heavy - thunderstorm last evening, the city and suburbs wore plunged in darkness following a heavy explosion, at, Pyrmonl power house; which wrecked, two 'switchboards' ;uid unused other durnnge. Several electriciI sins were temporarily disabled by shock, but. none were seriously injured. The. explosion caused-a breakdown of one of I (is- feeding cables of the city's, power, which was quickly vectored, bii.t some-of ths Mltjuj-ba i:si»ttiucii iv davUlKcs for IIOUSS,
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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89SWITCHBOARDS WRECKED Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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