Landslide caused islandwide black out

Wednesday, 24th October 1962

Six huge underground electric cables were damaged in a landslide in front of the old Gillman Barracks in Alexandra Road. The damage caused a five-hour blackout which affected half the island from 9 am. The landslide occurred at a spot where earth work had been going on for the past few weeks. Engineers found all the six 22,000-volt main cables smashed by the impact of the landslide.

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