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Mouse Causes Electric Power Blackout

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 21, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 8.

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Mouse Causes Electric Power Blackout

An inquisitive mouse nosing around the generator switches of an electric light and power company in Delaware, made contact with its body, short-circuiting the system and burning out connections, shutting off the current on all lines and leaving three towns in darkness until repairs could be made.