False Alarm

Four Cambridge fire trucks and more than a dozen firemen responded to an accidental alarm triggered by electricians working in Canaday Hall yesterday afternoon.

It was the third or fourth accidental alarm in the last week, Deputy Andrew R. Murphy of the Cambridge Fire Department said yesterday.

"These new internal alarms are a real pain in the neck," Murphy said. Canaday is equipped with an automatic fire sensing and alarm system.

Robbie T. Mesheau, fire and safety inspector for Buildings and Grounds, estimated that there are only one or two accidental alarms in the whole University per week.

"These automatic alarms are sensitive. One way of looking at it is that these accidental alarms are a good test of the system," he said yesterday.