Uintah Basin Standard | 1960-01-21 | Page 10 | 'Lights Out' When Car Knocks off Utility Pole

when Car knocks Off utility pole in Roosevelt was Involuntary Tuesday night w hen an eastbound automobile careened around the curve of the Neola road and knocked out a utility plunging part of the city into darkness for two About pm Mehin the lost control of his ran feet off the north side of the road on two crossed the road for feet raid hit the and then traveled 75 feet from point of to the car was estimated at City marshall Dave Investigating arrested Reed for driving during revocation of his license and under the influence of Employees of the Uintah Power and Light Who worked in the sub-zero weather until electricity had been were Mont Sherman Lloyd and Official low for the night was The local hospital was also without power momentarily until an emergency auxiliary plant went into Another problem created by the power failure was that of heating Temperatures dropped to below sixty degrees in many homes where the furnaces were electrically operated