From areyes@demon.co.uk Sun Aug 07 12:39:32 1994
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From: areyes@demon.co.uk (Aiko Reyes)
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Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.
The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room.

Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever.

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From mandersson@pipeline.com Mon Aug 08 19:01:32 1994
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Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1994Aug07.123932.7467@demon.co.uk>, areyes@demon.co.uk (Aiko Reyes) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year!

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From olarsson@cern.ch Wed Aug 10 03:53:32 1994
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Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1994Aug08.190132.9776@pipeline.com>, mandersson@pipeline.com (Marisol Andersson) writes:
> 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year!

My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire.

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=== Olga Larsson ===
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