Telephone and electrical service was restored to dozens of homes in the Guilford neighborhood yesterday after utility crews repaired cables that had been mistakenly cut.

Workers putting in a sprinkler system at a private home on Overhill Road near Charles Street accidentally cut a phone line belonging to Verizon and a 13,000-volt cable belonging to Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Sandy Arnette, a spokeswoman for Verizon, said 14 customers in the North Baltimore neighborhood were without phone service for about 24 hours. Rei Spinnicchio, a spokesman for BGE, said 65 of the company's customers lost power.

Exacerbating the problem for residents was that not only were land-line telephones inoperable but because electrical power was also cut off, they were not able to use cordless phones and computers or recharge cell phones.

Verizon crews began repairing their line about 10 a.m. yesterday. They could not begin work until BGE had cut service to the area. Arnette said the repair work allowed Verizon's crews to replace the old cable with 246 feet of new cable.

Full telephone and electrical service was restored to the area by 7 p.m. yesterday.