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Show Quick Action Of Office Girl Averts Disaster What may have resulted in a disastrous fire was avoided by the quick action of an office girl Wednesday morning. After turning on the' heater in Dr. Stringham's office, Beverly Anderson, his office girl, went to the post office for the mail. When she returned the office' was filled with smoke and fire was flaming up the walL She' immediately called the fire department and then went to work herself with buckets of water to drown the fire. By the time the fire' department depart-ment got to the fire scene, Miss Anderson had the' fire under control. con-trol. Cause of the fire was an overloaded over-loaded circuit, . which has now been replaced, as well as the wiring wir-ing in the office. Fortunately no damage was done to the' equipment equip-ment nor the office interior, and everyone was back on the job Thursday. Miss Anderson should be commended for her quick thinking and action in avoiding a disaster. |