FALL OF TRAMWAY POLE
TANGLE OF METAL ON GROUND VIVID ELECTRICAL DISPLAY. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, March 21. Excitement was caused in Victoria street west shortly before 1 o’clock, when the tubular iron tramway pole at the corner of Nelson street snapped about 10 feet above the ground, where it passed through a shop verandah and crashed on to the roadway. The fall of the pole brought the tramway wires to the ground and caused a vivid electrical display for a few minutes, A gang of Transport Board wiremen was working with the tower wagon some yards up the street renewing a span of wire. _ They immediately ran- to the spot and in a short time had the trouble under control. The collapse of the pole caused a number of telephone wires to fall in contact with the tramway wires, and the tangle of metal charged with a current of 550 volts covered a fairly large area of the roadway. Sparks and flames at dozens of points on the ground and along the telephone lines made a brilliant’ spectacle. Fortunately no vehicles or foot passengers were in the danger zone when the accident occurred, and wiremen prevented others from approaching until the wires had been cleared.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21909, 22 March 1933, Page 7
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207FALL OF TRAMWAY POLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21909, 22 March 1933, Page 7
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