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Identifier: belltelephonemag26amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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ved toward thecity. The fire came within 200 yards ofWebber Hospital and the patients werejust about to be evacuated when the firewas checked. In the Hiddeford central office there wasthe same terrific tempo that characterizedall of the central offices in the fire area.Operators worked continuously without re-turning to their homes as all relief agenciesvirtually poured their calls through thecentral office as they attempted to evacu-ate families in the vicinity of the approach-ing fire. One operator answered a callfrom a woman on an outlying road whohad been isolated in a farm house withher two children and had no means of leav-ing. They were rescued by Red Crossworkers sent to the scene by the operator. As in other affected areas, the centraloffice was the principal means of communi-cation for the police and fire-fighting agen-cies. Two new sections of switchboardrecently cut into service were used tohandle all fire, police, and fire-fightingcalls as a means of relieving some of the
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Scenes like this were typical of ivhat the fire left of parts of Bar Harbor 226 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER

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