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Bursting of a pipe.

--A water pipe; near the bridge beyond the city jail, burst yesterday morning, but the damage was subsequently repaired. The water in these pipes is now supplied from twenty-four inch mains, and the pressure from above is so great that an occasional burst is unavoidable.

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