From djohansson@illinois.edu Tue Sep 05 19:17:55 1995
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From: djohansson@illinois.edu (Dmitri Johansson)
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Subject: [FLAME] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.
The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.

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

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Dmitri Johansson
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From adubois@pipeline.com Wed Sep 06 19:04:55 1995
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From: adubois@pipeline.com (Aiko Dubois)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Sep05.191755.3310@illinois.edu>, djohansson@illinois.edu (Dmitri Johansson) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).
> Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas.

The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire.

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Aiko Dubois
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network.
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From lsanchez@cmu.edu Thu Sep 07 11:20:55 1995
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From: lsanchez@cmu.edu (Lars Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1995Sep05.191755.3310@illinois.edu>, djohansson@illinois.edu (Dmitri Johansson) writes:
> Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09).

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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Lars Sánchez
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