ON THE SAFE SIDE.
Word had: been received by the m: spsetor of the electric light.system that an overhead wire had fallen in crowded street; The inspector betook himself to tho spot. When he arrived he found a. crowd* of people handling the. wire in a most careless maimer. Luckily.no accidents had occurred.; . • . ‘Going np to the nearest man, who happened to be an Irishman, he admonishea him severely. . "Yon took, a graye risk, said the inspector. You had no light to touch that wire. • you £now you might have been killed outright by the shock * The Irishman looked, at the inspector with a- kno*ing air— “A,h> ’ ®a>d ae. r was mighty careful,, sorr ! Sure, I telt it carefully before I took hold of it.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12023, 29 December 1924, Page 5
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125ON THE SAFE SIDE. New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12023, 29 December 1924, Page 5
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