AFTER THE STORM

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 21, 17 August 1932, Page 4

AFTER THE STORM

DANGER TO STREET LAMPS SEVERAL METERS DESTROYED "The electrical storm last night had no effect on the distributing uystem; the severe flasl? at 6 p.m. hardly showed on the sub-station chart," stated the borough electrical engineer, Mr. A. E. Moss, to the Stratford Evening Post to-day. "The result in a number of houses was felt in the shape of blown fuses and the destruction of a bulb or two in each case," he continued. "The disturbance seemed to take a lino from east to west, from Olivia Street to Seyton Street, and our calls were almost in a straight line. "In one house the meter was destroyed, but there was no sign of any electrical burning, the cause being purely by an inductive effect. This might happen even if the discharge was at a fair altitude. "It would be well," pointed out Mr. Moss," for people to disconnect entirely their radio sets during storms of this nature. There is, however, little danger of any harm being done to the electrical installations in the houses as there are so many points at which the discharge can reach earth. "Our Etreet lights suffered badly. Some 36 renewals were necessary to-day. "In some of the lamps the filament supports were melted into metal globules.