Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1908 — CLOSE CALL FOR TELEPHONE WIRES. [ARTICLE]

CLOSE CALL FOR TELEPHONE WIRES.

Saturday when the dredge attempted to pass under the Jasper County Telephone Company’s cable across the river on the south side of Washington street, the dipper handle came in contact with it and came near tearing the cable, wires and all in two. The whole business had been raised a considerable distance to avoid this contingency but they were not nearly high enough, it requiring the combined effort of the telephone force to lift them over the dredge.