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The history of bells, sirens, and other sounds used to control public life
Long before phones buzzed in pockets, public life had its own loud operating system. Bells, drums, horns, whistles, and sirens told people when to wake, pray, work, gather, take cover, or pay ...
When a fire breaks out in Oyster Bay overnight, volunteer firefighters are alerted to the blaze. A text is sent. A radio relays the information. Then a loud fire horn blares through the hamlet. The ...
File Photo/Daily. Buy this photo. Loud fire alarms jolted many University of Michigan students from sleep at all hours this year — sometimes in the middle of the night, sometimes in the freezing cold ...
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