Word: blaze
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There was a small fire in the Rotch Laboratory Building last night shortly after 6 o'clock. The blaze was detected in a corner of the cellar by the janitor of the building, and the engines arrived before much damage had been done...
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in the tailoring shop in the rear of the third floor of the Harvard Co-operative Society, gutting the entire attic and most of the third floor before the Cambridge Fire Department succeeded in getting the blaze in hand. Flames were first discovered by the watchman, who turned in a first alarm at 3.27 o'clock. This failed to work and it was not until the whole roof was ablaze that engines arrived on the scene. Three-quarters of an hour was spent before the flames were controlled, and in that time...
...fire which swept the interior of Dane Hall broke out in the middle of the day on February 4. The cause of the blaze has remained a mystery. Though no great damage was done, owing to the activity of members of the Cadet and Radio Schools, it was not until the fire had had full play for four hours that it was brought under the control of the firemen...
Late yesterday afternoon a small fire broke out on the second floor of Leavitt and Peirce's. The blaze, however, was extinguished before any appreciable damage was done. The firemen had to tear down a portion of a wall partition in order to prevent the smouldering flames from spreading. It is understood that the fire was started by a cigarette thrown on the floor...
Early yesterday morning a small fire was discovered in Ridgely Annex. The blaze was put out, however, before any great damage was done to the building or the surrounding property. The fire broke out in a pile of mattresses and debris stored in the basement of the Annex...