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Show Lindoii Sub-Station Out of Commission Wednesday niornlng thu people ot Llndon were startled by three explosions explo-sions that sounded liko reports from mumied cannons. Instantly tlio substation sub-station on tho Orcm road wont out of commission nnd wlrei nnd electricity wcro flying everywhere. Two of tho threo big converters blow up. it was linposslblu to get In tho building to turn oft tho oil switch, to tlio agent run to rulcnso tho open nlr switch, which caused the third explosion. Hat an operator been In tho room nt the time tho tronblo happened ho Biirely would huvo been klllwl. Number two converter was torn to pieces nnd all tlio wire torn off. Number threo converter con-verter was uninjured. Ono of the three nt Granger was brought to Million Mil-lion nnd by night the plant was In working order, lleforc this, however, the steam cngtiio wns used to haul the enrs from Provo to Snow, from which point tho cars wero able to go on their own power to Joulnn River, where gasoline ears helped them Into Halt Lake. Tho cause of the trouble Is not known. A short burned up a transformer trans-former Tuesday evening, and It Is thought that tho load was two much for the converters. The, machines arc mndo to carry live cars at a time, whorens ns many as eight, all hcavllly loaded, wero used. It will lie HO days before tho machine, can lie repaired. |
