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Word: blaze (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blaze was subdued by Bruce Seligman, entry tutor, and Frederic Amory '49 before fire engines arrived...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Injured In Kirkland Fire | 3/28/1949 | See Source »

...smouldering blaze led firemen on a merry 30-minute chase up and down stairs at 12:20 this morning before it was located and put out in the basements of Hazen's Restaurant and the Personal Bookshop. Total damage was estimated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Midnight Fire Nipped After Elusive Chase | 3/8/1949 | See Source »

...congregation's embittered minority, which includes both retired Northerners and native-born Southerners, helped to stir up the community. Anonymous midnight phone calls threatened Douds with violence. A whispering campaign was started to the effect that both he and Graham were Communists. Fiery crosses began to blaze-two on the church lawn and one before the home of Baptist Minister Graham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Risks of Brotherhood | 3/7/1949 | See Source »

...fire department screamed up & down streets until its sirens threatened to drown out the busy whistles of the gaily bannered river steamers. On Saturday, one of the bantam-sized fire trucks struck and killed a young woman pedestrian in front of the Oikwan. As it roared on toward its blaze without even slowing down, enraged police and soldiers raced ridiculously after it on foot, brandishing rifles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Exile In Canton | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

Miss Nuser spied the blaze in a pantry waste-basket, which was filled with used napkins. She smothered the fire with her bare hands, suffering burns, while two other girls whisked away piles of new napkins standing nearby. The cause of the fire is still not known...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Girl Quells Fire With Hands | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

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