TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
DESTUOVED BY FIHE. Paris, September 21, The Central Telephone Exchange has been destroyed by lire. The tost is estimated at £1,800,000. ENGBMOUS INCONVENIENCE • CAUSED, lveceivcd 22, 10.30 p.m. Paris, September 22. The destruction of the Paris telephone exchange occasioned enormous inconvenience to the city subscribers and .all over France. The latest American central battery system had just been installed at great oost. It is believed that owing to defective insulation a short circuit occurred, causing tJie inflammable covering surrounding the wires to ignite. Fortunately only 200 women operators were on duty oji Sunday instead oC 000. All escaped, Miough the Are spread with extraordinary rapidity.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 231, 23 September 1908, Page 2
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107TELEPHONE EXCHANGE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 231, 23 September 1908, Page 2
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