Word: fire
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just one of those unfortunate things," O'Brien stated. Most of the members were attending a punch and did not arrive upon the scene until the fire had been extinguished...
...Club will be completely restored as soon as possible, James M. O'Brien '59, club president, announced yesterday. Flames swept through the interior of the clubhouse Sunday night before being brought under control by the Cambridge Fire Department...
Smoke damage was heavy on both floors, O'Brien said. The Bat Club occupies the two floors above the Gold Coast Valeteria, which escaped the fire. Flames, however, were restricted to the second floor of the building, and O'Brien expects that the third floor will be in use again in a couple of days...
When firemen smashed through the Club's windows to admit hose lines students chanted "Hit 'em Again Harder" and expressed loud approval of the Fire Department's quick action. Blazing curtains and pieces of woodwork were hurled out the window, narrowly missing a parked car and once hitting a fire fighter directly on the head...
...Another fire early Saturday morning caused several thousand dollars damage at the Lampoon building. This blaze destroyed a fifteenth-century fireplace and damaged a wall. The caretaker of the building had tried to extinguish the fire, but it broke out again and attracted the attention of a passing policeman at about 7 a.m. The fireplace may be reconstructed, "but it will be very expensive," Perry M. Smith '59, president of the Lampoon, commented...