Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...buildings (spectators of the Matthews holocaust must have noticed it) is the absence of a hydrant in the yard and the consequent necessity of extending a line of hose from the engine stationed a block or more away from the scene of the conflagration. As things now are, the firemen have to run the hose around corners of buildings and through the entries to take a short cut to the fire. Harvard Square becomes the repository of a mass snaky house, which blocks cars and brings this great business centre of the metropolis to a standstill...
...found to be in a blaze. It is probable that coals from the grate fell out upon the floor and burnt a hole through. The fire then crept along under the floor and burst out again in the center of the room. The flames were quickly extinguished by the firemen, acting under the directions of President Eliot. The furniture and books in room 11 were badly scorched and wet. The chief sufferer, however, was Mr. G. W. Sawin who occupies the room below. His carpet, furniture and library, including many valuable books, were ruined by the smoke and water...
...Yale freshmen beat the Harvard freshmen 36 to 33. The Williams audience "had a way of crowing over any bad luck on our side with a Yi! Yi! Yi! and a howl," an unpleasant habit, gained, thinks the Advocate from New York "professionals, firemen and roughs." The grand match for the championship of New England with the Lowell club was also lost 37 to 27, and the season ended with great disappointment among Harvard backers, This match, which took place on Boston Common for a silver ball, and which was the great event of the year, was lost by "over...
...Charles W. Sever, 12 Frisbie Place, was on fire. Engine No. 1 was the first to get to work, and was able to supply enough water without further assistance from the other engines. Inspired by the applause of hand-clapping of students and denizens of Cambridge, the firemen of Engine No. 1 soon had the flames under their control, and the fire was extinguished...
...accounted for in two ways. In the first place, it may be a relic of the student feeling which resulted in the formation of the old "Harvard Engine Company." This supposition has an air of probability from the fact that the chemical engine now used by the Cambridge firemen was a gift from the college to the city, - hence, the students feel that they are exercising a sort of proprietary right in accompanying it to fires. The second supposition, however, would seem to be the more probable, since it shows up in the light of self-interest this tendency...