Word: fire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...companies of firetrucks with 25 men blocked off Mass. Ave. for an hour yesterday morning fighting a small fire in the basement of Leavitt and Peirce. Firemen clambered all over the buildings opposite Wigglesworth although the blaze was confined to the cellar...
Greatest casualty of the fire was an estimated $8500 worth of cigar and tobacco products of the famed tobacconists, since the Pure Food and Drug Act forbids sale of any products possibly contaminated by smoke. Bolter & Co., adjoining Leavitt and Peirce reported no damage despite the heavy outpouring of smoke...
Cause of the fire was a defective shutoff valve in the oil burner which failed to function, causing the overflowing oil to ignite in the pit. Deputy Fire Chief Vincent Galvin declared, "It could have been a dangerous situation if it got out of the boiler room...
...reduction in the amount of copy would provide more space for informal pictures of typical Radcliffe occurrences which have meaning for everyone--fire drills, gym classes, library lines, cookies-and-milk at exam time, thesis writing. Hopefully, a compromise can be reached between copy and photographs, and the "Social Life" section in this year's book offers a good example of such balance...
This year's giants in the field are stronger than ever because they have weathered a vigorous shakeout. A few years ago there were 100 manufacturers. Scores dropped out, including Servel, Vornado, International Harvester. Each victim left behind a heavy inventory, which went at fire-sale prices. Now inventories are down to the bone, and the price wars are past...