CROW SAVES MAN’S LIFE.
To the horror of onlookers, a workman at, Notodden (Norway) railway sta—tion came into contact with the 310—000 volt. live wire of the power station. They expected to see him fall to the ground in a shrivelled heap, but he calmly went; on with his work. Investigation revealed‘that the current was off. and further search showed that a short circuit, had been caused some miles away by a’crow pecking at the insulafinn while sitting on one of the carrying masfsv But for this peculiar occurrence the man would have lost his life.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17180, 25 October 1923, Page 2
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96CROW SAVES MAN’S LIFE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17180, 25 October 1923, Page 2
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