Word: firebrands
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...fire in one of the college buildings, the Cambridge fire department, supported by the citizens of Cambridge, would have to be called out. Demagogues would eagerly seize this opportunity to grumble, as they do every other. Bonfires, it must be remembered, are extremely dangerous. On Saturday evening a firebrand was thrown into the cellar of Stoughton, and might easily have set the building on fire. On Monday evening there was an enormous fire within a few feet of the library. At one time Gore ball was enveloped in smoke. Should that building be burnt, the college would suffer an irreparable...