Show AN ELECTRIC FIRE It Enwraps a Car and Extends Twenty Feet on Either Side ort Car No 3 on tho Salt Lake line going down Seventh East last night threw down a wire from its middle to the ground The effect was like music The whole car from back to front became enveloped in l flame of electricity that extended twenty feet from the car front andt I rear Great balls of flame that resembled I jerolytes sprang from the track and danced around the conductor and Kripman in the wildest wild-est and most fantastic manner and the whole earth seemed on fire Flames leaped up and clung around both platforms The gripman threw his left arm over his face to protect his eyes and bravely moved down his brake unti the car was stopped and the connection con-nection broken The passengers wore frightened fright-ened out of their wits and n HKUALD reporter who was on the front platform observed the display dis-play until discretion seemed the better part of valor and started to jump off only to bo met by a great ball of tire coming up from under the car He staid where he was The funniest part of the incident was tho almost quarrel that ensued en-sued between the excited conductor and a scared lady passenger as to whether the most fire was in front or behind the car No particular partic-ular damage was done further than to stop traffic traf-fic for half an hour or so on the line |