Electricity to a village was cut off when a Martin tried to bite through a high voltage cable. Villagers in Waengle in Reutte, Tirol, were left without power for several hours until the fault could be discovered at a remote Alpine junction box. A fire brigade spokesman said: “The animal was killed instantly but its […]
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Copper cable thieves collared
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Four people were arrested after police discovered copper cables weighing nearly 400 kilograms in their car.The suspects three men and one woman from Poland were put in custody in Salzburg after a random traffic check in Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria yesterday (Thurs).The group claimed to have bought the cables in Italy. […]
Damages of 15,000 Euros were caused by thieves who stole tools and cables from a construction site in Lower Austria, it has been reported.Police in St. Pölten said today (Fri) that clothing, computer equipment, tools, copper cables and other items were taken from the building site in the city in the night-time incident. They added […]
Fire-fighters used jump cables to rescue a woman from an ice-cold river yesterday (Weds).The 39-year-old from St. Valentin in Lower Austria jumped into the Enns near the Upper Austrian town of Traun after her dog was about to be swept away by the waters. She was able to rescue the canine, but failed to reach […]