
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 30, 1993                   TAG: 9304300319
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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CAR HITS UTILITY POLE, PUTS 1,600 IN THE DARK

Some 1,600 Appalachian Power Co. customers lost power in Northwest Roanoke about 10 p.m. Thursday when a car hit a utility pole along Melrose Avenue near 24th Street.

Most of the households affected were between Melrose and Peters Creek Road. By 11:15 p.m., power had been restored to about half of the homes and Apco was working to restore service to all the customers, said company spokeswoman Victoria Ratcliff.

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