The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-23
FREAK" FIRE ALARMS.

The Woman Who Wanted the Cat,
Rescued From the Top of the Tele-
graph Pole.
Hello. is this fire headquarters?
Well, this is Mrs Blank, Tenth and
Central Streets, and there is a large
maltese cat ON the top of telegraph
pole in front of the house. Can't you
send the firemen cut here and take it
DOWN." III
The above was telephoned to fire
headquarters yesterday morning about
10 O'Clock The operator suggested
that while the department was In the,
| life-saving business, it restricted its,
jourisaiction mostly to human beings.
The cat can climb down the pole,
anyway" said the operator.
yes, but have been trying for an
hour g coax it down, and it won't
come" said the woman.
1t was suggested to her that she had
better call the telephone company and
have one Of their linemen rescue the
cat. ..u g.. f.. Ill.,,
nG yNplilutl tNLu6Cu " ~ hAthSsi sahoh
later telephoned that the cat finally
came down. ......l.-.. 9.sl.-.s
/ That is only sample Of the many
freak calls we have said Operator
James Fitzpatrick. People call the
fire headquarters many times, when
they want a policeman. During the
cold weather we had many calls from
residences to send the firemen to stor
q leak in a drainpipe, which had fro
zen and burst.
Every few days calls come in for
the Fire Department to lift an animal
out of some areaway, into which 1t
has fallen. While this work is little
| out of our line, we always do 1t,
/ Every time there is fire we have
numerous calls from people who are
Icurious to know where it Is and what
the damage amounts to even before
4 the firemen arrive ON the scene.
"a woman called up one day and
Isaid her cookstoye refused to burn and
she thought there was something the
matter with the fiue. She wanted the
firemen to come out and see what was
the matter. We referred her to brick
mason. -.~f5.
Some one, probably thinking 1t a
good joke, called one day and said
that the Armour Packing Company
plant had been fired. THE men
mean he added Just as I was about
to turn in an alarm. Before / could
find out who he was he had left the
place he called from and none OF the
lpeople there knew the man.
Lots of people get us by mistake,
ltoo, and sometimes cause trouble that
way. For instance, they give the OPP
orator tho wrong telephone number
and get fire headquarters. I remem-
Der a case some time age. when gen
leral fire alarm was turned in by a
little mistake. t.-.-.
TT was hot and su1try and there had
been nothing doing all day long. 1t
was so hot that no one cared to have
La fire for anything, not even for cook
ing, so there was very little danger of
La fire. The telephone rang and when
answered nervous voice said:
i "tWe're burning up'--
"sWhat is your number, asked
before she had time to finish.
| mo 3S42 Blank Street, she replied.
II turned in general alarm. After
lseeihg that all of the companies had
received the alarm / called the wo-
man up.
1.-The firemen will be there in a few
lminutes,' told her. 49,,
1.-THE firemen,' she said; what for?'
J. Didn't you say that your house
Twas on fire?' I asked.
mo she replied. 7 said we were
burning UP, but / meant with the
heat. I thought was talking with
lmy husband. I told him this morn
ing to order some electric fans for. the
house, and I thought would remind
him of it. I guess I must have gotten
your number by mistake e.
II stopped some of the companie,
before they had made the long rum
by telephoning to a drug store ON a
street where they had to pass" -
Other calls of a similar nature are
received at fire headquarters almos
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