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...audible fire signal that could have been sounded inside the building to warn its occupants. When some student eventually discovered the long-smouldering blaze, he was merely able to bang on a few doors on the floor and shout a word of warning, since the smoke soon became densely acrid. Shortly, however, the operation of several sprinkler heads rang a gong on the building's exterior near the front sidewalk, but this could not be heard in many of the suites where radios were playing or students were asleep. The fact that several men were unaware of the fire some...
...dictatorial Political Boss Leander Perez, had asked the President to proclaim a day of prayer for "guidance and wisdom." The President thanked him politely for the suggestion, but rejected it on the grounds that his Thanksgiving proclamation had already accomplished Hebert's aim. Then, in a more acrid tone, Harry Truman added...
...Boulevard. Three months ago Mapo was a bustling, cheerful sycamore-lined thoroughfare with a doubletrack trolley, grocery, wine and tea shops and a sprinkling of residences. This morning Mapo wore a different look. The burned and blackened remains of the boulevard's shops and homes sent clouds of acrid smoke billowing over the city. Buildings still ablaze showered sparks and ashes high into the air to cascade down on red-eyed, soot-faced marines...
Nepszava's own improvisation on what happened:"The Washington Concert Hall was filled with . . . acrid, choking smoke. The public bolted for the exits, the musicians threw away their instruments and Mitchell, the bold and path-breaking composer with the true American spirit, groped on the floor in complete darkness, coughing and spitting with tear-filled eyes-he was trying to find the baton he had dropped...
...Korean war had knocked both major political parties off the track. Old issues had vanished in a puff of acrid smoke. But by last week the politicians were getting their wheels under them again and were even blowing some preliminary whistles...