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Show F0RrV!EB DEATH TRAP. Active Third Rail on a Chicago .Electric Line Endangers Many . M Lives. i mcao, Jnn. 20. As the result of alnstorm train service on the South elevated railroad was paralyzed IKearb two hours today, endanger-hUfe endanger-hUfe and discommoding thousands oC iajn soaking tho wood supers'truc-ijes supers'truc-ijes of tho roada caused the moisture communicate to a defective third rail 'jiport near a network of switches, jejelcclric current deserted the car tors and llowed through the iron jrk of tlie structu-2 to the ground, jpjontire structure "or a considerable fiance was electrified and menaced HSafely of horses and men below un-Khe un-Khe cuirent was shut off at the pow-JKpuse. pow-JKpuse. I trains on the road were crowded, fcsengers on the stalled trains, after ting- for some time for signs of life ftho motors, took surface lines and iched their work after long delay. |