HAZARDOUS FEAT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1702, 19 March 1913, Page 7

HAZARDOUS FEAT.

MAN TAKES ELECTRIC CAR. "LOAD." V It is'curious what, an attraction cxiMs for the general .public in (lie act of a man risking his life. The thought is always there that the attempt to "loon the loot)," to dive from a.great -height .into, a tiny pool of .water, or oven ,to take a. stron? current 'of eleotricityV as was tho ca>» with "Electro" on L'anibton Quay last owning. will not turn out successfully mul a tragedy .will wsult.'. The act that, "Elcctra".'performed at 7.45 p.m. in iths open' street was positively hair-raising. Jlc.wira.to take the full current (500 volts) from "the whilst standing bare-footed en the rail, thus: One, wire led from the trolly-iviro, by means of a Ion? note with a' hook on' I tho top. and fastened. .to his; right, wrist, whilst placed his right foot on-' thi> rail.. . Without any ; warning "Electrs" stepped on the rail, and immediately ho took tho full "load," and in two seconds .shouted, "Take it off—take it off!" as lie squirmed and wriggled as one possessed, and .when- the pole was jerked upwards, and, tlio circuit, broken, ,"Elect™,pale and''obviously shaken, staggered off tlio track.... . ' •.?. ' Prior to tho vest "Elcctra" demonstrated that tho wiro which he connected with the trolly-wire was carrying tho load, by attaching a metal 'weight to it, ami allowing if to drop on 'Hie tram-rail. The mailt was a brilliant flash of electric light, which hurt the eyes. It. is, of course, ouestionable if ,such n. per form an re as that given in the street should .bo allowed.