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Show AUTO BREAKS TELEGRAPH POLEi A serious automobile accident was narrowly averted last eveulng when a large touring car came down the Twenty-third street hill and crossing the street Into Washington avenue, crashed Into a big telegraph guypot with suflicleDt force to break the latter lat-ter across at the surface, of the ground. Strange to relate the machine was not seriously damaged and was able to proceed, one of the lamps being badly twisted and other portions of the front part of tho machine belny somewhat damaged. The occupants were uninjured, with tho exception of a shaklng-up and a bad scare. Tho post was one placed slantingly In the ground and anchored as a guy-post guy-post to n telegraph pole close by The chauffeur In clearing the taller' pole did not perceive the smaller post ad-Joining ad-Joining until too Iato to stop the car. |