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Show ALARM BOX LOCATES FIRE New Signal System Flashes Message to All Parts of the Building. A fire alarm box which Indicates the floor on which the fire is located, and also in what part, designed particularly particular-ly for factory buildings in which a large number of women are employed, lias been brought out by a Hrooklyn inventor. Boxes are placed on each floor, in case of tire, the alarm is sounded by pushing the button indicating the part of the floor where it has started. If the fire is at- the east end, for instance, in-stance, the button marked "east" is pushed. This sets off an alarm bell on all the boxes in the building and illuminates a number and letter to indicate in-dicate the tire's position. If, for example, ex-ample, the lire is near the center of the third floor, ""C" will be illuminated illumi-nated on every box. This tells every person in the building the location of the fire and enables them to determine deter-mine the safest way to take reach a place of safety. Popular Mechanics. |