Blaze Knocks Out Phone Cable And Public Alarm
A general alarm fire in a commercialresidential building early on the morning of December 14 in Westbrook, Conn., burned through the main New York-to-Boston telephone cable, disrupting 150 circuits and knocking out the public fire alarm siren circuit as well as the fire department radio control lines. The blaze apparently started in the cellar of the building on U. S. Route 1 and extended through the roof. The Clinton and Old Saybrook Fire Department assisted the Westbrook department and the $75,000 lire was brought under control in two hours. Telephone serviceu was restored later in the day.
A general alarm fire in a commercialresidential building early on the morning of December 14 in Westbrook, Conn., burned through the main New York-to-Boston telephone cable, disrupting 150 circuits and knocking out the public fire alarm siren circuit as well as the fire department radio control lines. The blaze apparently started in the cellar of the building on U. S. Route 1 and extended through the roof. The Clinton and Old Saybrook Fire Department assisted the Westbrook department and the $75,000 lire was brought under control in two hours. Telephone serviceu was restored later in the day.
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