Word: fire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admirer of Eduardo Torroja, I congratulate you for your June 1 article and the superb photographs of some of his most beautiful structural achievements in concrete. I do not think the cheapness of steel in this country is a justification for the monstrosities we see every day, from fire escapes to some modern steel bridges...
Except for its decisions on school desegregation, the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren has come under no heavier fire than for its rulings in the prickly area of internal security. Time and again, in apparently sweeping opinions, the court threw its weight on the side of individuals involved in security cases-to the point where many a sober-minded observer feared that the public interest was being jeopardized. But last week, in a pair of 5-4 decisions, the Supreme Court gave clearer focus to two of the most controversial of its earlier security-case rulings, brought...
...halfway through the tunnel, the train lurched to a stop, stood there for nearly an hour because its engine had broken down. Next morning the commuter, along with 15,000 others on 24 New Haven trains, was delayed some 40 minutes in returning to his Manhattan job. Fires had broken out in a freight engine in New Rochelle, N.Y., and on tracks at Manhattan's 125th Street station. Going home that night the commuter glanced out the window, discovered that ties on the trestle his train was just crossing at Port Chester, N.Y. were on fire ("Gee," said...
Rose-Colored Mules. At 2 o'clock one morning, as Bill's black Dauphine-Gordini headed towards Fontainebleau, he jammed on the brakes on a deserted stretch of the road and pulled out his pistol. Dominique jumped out of the car as Bill started firing-five shots in all. Hit, Dominique clawed at the tar roadway in her frenzy to crawl away, was still writhing when Bill calmly dumped a can of oil over her and set her on fire. As he started back to Paris and the apartment of his "official mistress," who was to provide...
...were trapped in upper floors as the flames spread from truck to building. As their shrill cries were heard, the mob surrounding the building parted ranks to let the women and children file out. At that point, reinforcements from Naples arrived: 500 carabinieri, 500 city cops, and six fire engines. While firemen put out the blaze, the police arrested 107 rioters...