Deseret Evening News | 1903-01-30 | Page 1 | Fire in Niagara Falls Power House

Fire Iro In II Niagara Power n Niagara Falls N Y Jan 30 Fire which started by the time explosion of oC one of ot the time big transformers In the time power powerhouse powerhouse powerhouse house of ot tho the Niagara Falls Fallt als rower Power ower Conduit company campan last night destroyed thousands of ot dollars worth of valuable valuable able machinery and doubtless will wi mean great loss to most of the tho big factories here some Borne Iome of oC which must re remain reo remain main Idle for weeks week The hl officers of the company were not prepared to give an nn estimate of tho the damage but they ge admitted that the sit situation Si unton was waa serious and would Dul badly cripple tho time many man fiLm plants depending up upon upon on Niagara Falls Fals power not only In Inthis Inthis inthis 1 this city but In Buffalo And nd Tonawanda The Time ire Is said to hac been by b the time lightning which pre oiled throughout this llla section ston dur duro during lag ing the night Buffalo Jan SO The trolley lines lne In Inthis InthIs inthis this city which get et their power from Falls badly crippled to tb 1 Niagara were Vere today today day dar but by b the use of storage batter batteries bat r i ilea lea ICS a number of at lines lne were operated nl al although 1 though only a 1 limited d number of ot cars I were run A number of ut plants were without light or power As soon Bon ns an al po the tlc work of oC re ic replacing reo placing the damaged cables was ta M begun and temporary arrangements were made macic with wih the time Niagara laRar Falls hydraulic power and manufacturing company whereby por was wai secured for or operating OperatIng ing the local loal and Buffalo trolley troley line lne Twenty of or the M c factories at nt Lock Lockport Lk Lockport port are arc shut down owing to the tire fire fr The Tho newspaper plants end and smaller foe fac factories tories To are ar Idle and ant the streetcar service Is nt at It a standstill except I The tire lire nr was wa by b a bolt boll bol of ot lightning which struck a I cable with wih de do defective insulation causing a I short cir dr circuit cult which blew up a In Inthe inthe the