The First Time a Phone was Used to Summon Emergency Help

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeNov 14, 202421m

The First Time a Phone was Used to Summon Emergency Help

Amazing Tales About History

EpisodeNov 14, 202421m

The first time a phone was used to call for emergency help. It happened after a horrible train wreck. The train crashed through a bridge and into the icy river below in January of 1878. The train full of passengers was returning from a religious revival with the passengers singing as the crash occurred.

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