Damage by Lightaing to Aquarius Plant: Extraordinary Freak of Nature The Aquarius Ca. suffered an uncommon and rather disturbing ¢xperience during the thunderstorm that took place early on Wednesday morning. The main power and light cables enter the new factory in Thorburn Road through the wall of the watchmen's house by the main gate. About 7.40 a.m. all the lights flickered up and down, a violent explosion was heard, and smoke and fumes were observed coming from this house. The foreign staff hurried to the scene, and found that the cables had acted as 'a lighting conductor, passing a heavy electric discharge into the main meter, which was seriously damaged. A telephone message was proniptly sent to the Electricity Department, and within a few minutes two foreign engineers were the spot and the work of renewal was put in hand.
The two Sikh watchmen, who wore sheltering in the house at the time, appeared quite unperturbed, and seemed to prefer the choking fumes inside to the torrential downpour outside, although the electric. al discharge in the small room must been enormous, as the explo-was audible at least half a away. One of the Sikhs, however, did remark that there was ority too muchee noise."
As the Aquarius Ca. have steam power for their distilling plant, they can utilize this as an alternative to electric power for driving their machines, and the work of manufacture could thus be carried on without interruption.
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