The Snow Tiger / Night of Error
“When Harrison asked him when the power lines were cut, he answered, ‘Two minutes and seven seconds to midnight.’ ‘How do you know?’ asked Professor Rolandson.
‘There is a recording device on the circuit breakers. When they kicked out the time was recorded.’ Harrison said, ‘What did you do?’ ‘Established where the break was.’ From Rolandson: ‘How?’ ‘I put a current on the line and measured the resistivity. That gave a rough idea of the distance to the break. I put it as a little short of Hukahor...onui.’ ‘And then?’ ‘I rang my opposite number in Post Office Telephones and asked if he had the same trouble. He had, and he confirmed my findings. I then sent out an inspection crew.’ ‘With what result?’ ‘They rang me nearly two hours later to say that they had found the trouble. They said it was due to a fall of snow. A Post Office crew was also there and my men had used their portable telephone.’ ‘They just said it was due to a fall of snow?’ ‘Yes, sir.MoreLess
‘There is a recording device on the circuit breakers. When they kicked out the time was recorded.’ Harrison said, ‘What did you do?’ ‘Established where the break was.’ From Rolandson: ‘How?’ ‘I put a current on the line and measured the resistivity. That gave a rough idea of the distance to the break. I put it as a little short of Hukahor...onui.’ ‘And then?’ ‘I rang my opposite number in Post Office Telephones and asked if he had the same trouble. He had, and he confirmed my findings. I then sent out an inspection crew.’ ‘With what result?’ ‘They rang me nearly two hours later to say that they had found the trouble. They said it was due to a fall of snow. A Post Office crew was also there and my men had used their portable telephone.’ ‘They just said it was due to a fall of snow?’ ‘Yes, sir.MoreLess
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