On This Day In Telephone History January 15TH 1878 - Probably the first use of the telephone in a public emergency - Issac C. Smith's experimental telephone exchange at Hartford, Connecticut was used to waken 21 physicians and send them to care for victims of a train wreck near Tariffville, on the Connecticut Western Railroad.

On This Day In Telephone History January 15TH 1878

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On This Day In Telephone History January 15TH 1878 – Probably the First use of the Telephone in a Public Emergency – Issac C. Smith’s experimental telephone exchange at Hartford, Connecticut was used to waken 21 physicians and send them to care for victims of a train wreck near Tariffville, on the Connecticut Western Railroad.

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