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Tuesday night's fire in Cleverly Hall was called the work of an arsonist by Cambridge Police and Fire Department officials yesterday. Although the cause of the blaze is still of "undetermined origin," investigators revealed that they had several suspects in mind and are now seeking to link the recent blaze to Saturday night's $65,000 conflagration...
Claverly Hall had its second fire in a week last night when a first-floor paint closet burst into flames. The blaze lasted only for a short time. The first alarm was sounded by Herbert W. Berger '53 who smelled smoke as he entered the building at 9 p.m. last night. He ran down the rear stairway to the basement door and saw flames inside the closet...
...personal property, Dean Watson added, was completely insured against fire. The University, under contracts for rooms will not assume responsibility for damages to students' property incurred by fire. University officials estimated damage to the building to be about $65,000. No estimate of students' personal loss from Saturday's blaze is yet available...
Following the Saturday night blaze, police would not permit the 75 students in the Hall to re-enter the building in order to prevent looting and avoid injuries. Many found space with friends in other Houses; some, however, had to sleep in hotels...
Reflection on Saturday night's fire in Claverly Hall has prompted several observations which may seem not insignificant. Apparently there is no 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...