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Show ALTO PUTS t'lTV IN DAtlKNKSS About 8:30 Thursday, pcoplu heard an awful crash and Instantly l.chl was In darkness, which continued for about two and one-halt hours. The wires In the substation ne.ir Robinson's Robin-son's mill wero discovered afire, caused caus-ed by a short which was discovered to bo near Chnrley Ilrown's home on tl.o County 1. n.l. Ilrro n big power ll-m pel 5 wra rtrutk with romo terrific force and driven slantingly two feet furtlier Into the ground, couslng an entanglement of the wlrcfl. At thu time of our going to press no one seems to know what caused thu crash, but the marks on tho pole anil somo shattered phitu glass would Indicate thut It was n powerful automobile. Thr trouble also caused iiitermltnut drakuess In the other towns. - |