Monday, May. 18, 1931
Warning
Pride of the Irish Free State is the $35,000,000 River Shannon canal and hydroelectric power plant which the Berlin firm of Siemens-Schuckert is rapidly completing for the Government. Part of the plant was in operation last week when pedantic German engineers hurried to the office of General Manager T. A. McLaughlin to complain about the Irish wording of some warning signs which workmen were hanging on the power lines:
DANGER HIGH TENSION WIRES TOUCHING THESE WIRES MEANS CERTAIN DEATH. OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED
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