Word: alarmingly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...City Fire Alarm...
...fire alarm system is considered to be ample, as regards main line boxes, and we were glad to find that your excellent fire chart is liberally posted about the property...
...alarm was turned in at about 10.40 o'clock last night from box 472 at the corner of Bow street and Massachusetts avenue. It was thought at first that the fire was in Hampden, but by the time the engines arrived smoke was discovered coming from the basement of Burke's tailor store. The conflagration was put out soon after the crowd had collected, but not until after a good deal of damage had been done by the smoke. The loss is estimated at between...
...purposes of these recommendations are to prevent fire and smoke from spreading rapidly from rooms to halls and from halls to rooms; to prevent fire and smoke from spreading rapidly from basements to halls; and to give a prompt general alarm in case of fire in a hallway, and to supply a means of giving a general alarm in case of fire anywhere...