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...City, Mo. The flaming tank drifted into more gasoline and oil storage tanks. Flames shot up 500 feet into the air as the tanks exploded. Flaming oil and gasoline raced on top of the flood, while firemen in boats vainly poured flood water back on to the fire. The blaze, fed by more than one million gallons of oil, demolished seven square blocks. The Star called it "Kansas City's most disastrous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: Most Disastrous Day | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

Strangers on a Train (Warner), Alfred Hitchcock's latest thriller, winds up with a scene in which a merry-go-round goes wild, spins like a pin wheel, and crashes in a gaudy blaze of explosions that no earthly carrousel could touch off. The movie itself is the same way: implausible but intriguing and great fun to ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 16, 1951 | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

Although the smoke never turned into a blaze, the crowd, mostly composed of graduate students, saw at least some action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damages Small in Fire at Harkness | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

Firemen raised a ladder against the kitchen wall, climbed up with axes and fire extinguishers, entered through the roof, and then quickly extinguished the blaze...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damages Small in Fire at Harkness | 6/9/1951 | See Source »

...inconsistent, perhaps it may be clarified by comparing it with a fire chief who sends firemen to House A, which is not on fire, while denying a fire hose to the firemen fighting the fire at House B. The theory being that the fire hose will cause the blaze at House B to get bigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 14, 1951 | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

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