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Show WORK HORSE KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK Salt Lake, Sept. 3. Alma Burton, a driver, for the Felt Lumber compa- ny, drove a horse to the railroad spur at Tenth South street, just west of West Temple street, at noon yesterday. yester-day. The horse touched the rail with his fore foot and dropped dead. It is believed that he sustained an electric shock from wires running under the tracks. G. F. Felt of the Felt Lumber company com-pany declared that wires of high tension ten-sion had been strung under the tracks and that they aro a serious menace. The track is a steam line spur running run-ning into the yards of the Mollen Contracting Con-tracting company. Claim Agent Hansen Han-sen for the Utah Power & Light company com-pany said that he knew nothing of the condition of the wires, but said that he did not think the wires belonged be-longed to that company. oo |