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Hamilton retailers struggled to find their feet yesterday as many faced a second day of being without power after a massive plant failure at electric light company on Thursday.
?This has been a pretty big blow. For most (retailers) this is the most s...
DATE: Jul 16, 2005
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Rolling power cuts of up to fours hours in duration are expected over the weekend and into next week as Belco strives to get Hamilton back online for the start of business on Monday.
At a Press conference to provide a progress report yesterday aftern...
DATE: Jul 16, 2005
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Anybody who runs into a burning building is hero to me says veteran New York City firefighter Jack Ginley speaking about the Bermuda Fire Service?s response to the BELCO fire.
Earlier this week his New York City Fire Department?s badge was returned t...
DATE: Jul 16, 2005
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In many countries shop owners lose thousands when opportunistic looters strike during power outages.
In stark contrast, we saw money left on top of stacks of newspapers lying outside the Stationery Store on Reid Street. This was in payment for papers...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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While many locals enjoyed the spontaneous holiday deemed ?Belco Fire Day? at one popular Front Street watering hole, a number of Hamilton businesses pulled out their flashlights for locals in need of supplies and cruise ship tourists desperate to buy...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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Hurricane-style panic buying was the order of the day at gas stations, hardware stores and supermarkets across the Island as the fear of a prolonged blackout set hearts racing.
Police were called in to restore order at the Paget Service Station on Va...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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Seventy-five valiant firefighters braved 800 degree Fahrenheit temperatures for eight tortuous hours in a fierce blaze which is estimated will cost Belco $10 million.
Bermuda Fire Service Lt. Dana Lovell said the initial call of a structural fire at ...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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Yesterday?s towering blaze was caused by a ?catastrophic failure? in the Belco power plant?s transmission system, chief executive Garry Madeiros said yesterday.
Mr. Madeiros warned, however, that until a more lengthy investigation of the site is comp...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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Power glitches were not a problem for two of Bermuda?s cellular providers, but congestion certainly was a factor.
Cheryl Packwood, general manager of Cingular, said last night the company was able to maintain the network all day and provide Island-wi...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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With power out across the Island and many struggling to cope with the extreme July heat without the comfort of air-conditioning, there were always going to be some receiving special treatment.
And that was the case at the Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo whe...
DATE: Jul 15, 2005
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