The woman assumed that she was talking to her husband, when in fact she had reached his partner, Bernard Hendrick, who thought he was talking to his wife. Hendrick immediately called the fire station to put out the fire at his house. By the time Hendrick's wife convinced the firefighters that there was no emergency at their residence, and the fire truck got to the right place, the interior of the Brock home was ruined. Odessa's first hospital, which had five beds, was established by Rhoda Fowler, an English nurse. First school opens Nov. 1.
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