Show shorted tension wire supplies bang up yarn new york what happens when a pneumatic drill hits a high tension cable was demonstrated here recently quite unintentionally by edward coad twenty seven a employee he was thrown several feet by manhole explosions set oft off by flying sparks two manhole covers on the sidewalk and seven more in the street were tossed several feet in the air flames and smoke shot into the air but no serious fire started radio sets were badly affected by static for some minutes coati coad suffered shock and bruises and was taken take to his home |