Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Square. The cause of the excitement was a slight blaze in the basement of Matthews. Had not the fire been accidentally discovered, however, it would have soon done much damage. Mr. Blum, '90, in going to the south basement, noticed a cloud of smoke issuing from one of the coal closets and immediately attempted to extinguish the fire by the use of a hand grenade. This proved unavailing however, and he was forced to run upstairs and inform a friend, who rung in an alarm from the Square. As soon as the engine appeared the fire was quickly extinguished...
...recent fire in Stoughton Hall shows the necessity of being fully prepared beforehand for any accident of that kind. The fire was not due to the carelessness of anybody, but originated from a hot coal falling out of the grate upon the carpeted floor. This is the third time within the past ten years that Stoughton has been set on fire from the same cause. Had the fire remained much longer undiscovered, the damage done would have been infinitely greater and probably the occupants of all the rooms in that building would have been burned...
...trust is to abolish competition. Owing to the secrecy observed in regard to profits, outside capital, notoriously timid, is not attracted to the business. Trusts today are in their infancy. The Standard Oil Company has begun to absorb all the interests connected with it, such as pipe factories, coal mines, railroads, etc. The result will be one great company controlling all industries, while the whole people will be reduced to the class of wage earners...
...will take some time to break up. In places there are patches of clear water, but on the high flats and marshes there is very much ice which floats down as the tides flow off of the marshes and piles itself up in the river. There are two large coal schooners that were caught by the ice at Richardson and Bacon's wharf, and it is probable that tugs will soon break their way up and tow them away. This will start the ice, and the tide, aided by the sun, which is now so high as to be quite...
...than they formerly were, and men's energies have been bent on the acquirement of material comfort and physical well-being. And, unfortunately, men's energies are not like water that turns the wheel of one mill and then flows on with undiminished vigor to the next; but like coal, which is consumed and lost in begetting steam. It is as true to-day as ever that man cannot serve two masters. What names can our civilization show among philosophers, poets and writers whose fame will outlive this century to warm the hearts and fire the imaginations of coming generations...