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Thirteen department units came across the street from the Cambridge Fire Station to fight the fire. Hampered by the bitter cold and by what they called the "structural unsoundness" of the building, firemen stayed through the afternoon to extinguish smoldering embers...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Fire Destroys Economics Building | 1/9/1968 | See Source »

Quick work by Boston firemen and the Harvard Buildings and Grounds staff saved vital experimental material, representing ten years' research by one of the laboratory's directors, that was being stored in the lab's "cold room...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Medical School Explosion Injures Two, Destroys Lab, Causes $100,000 Damage | 1/8/1968 | See Source »

Henry C. Meadow, associate dean of Medicine for financial affairs, said that the cold room cultures were saved only by the "extraordinarily cooperative" work of the firemen. "The firemen spoke with the people in charge of the lab," Meadow said, "and tried to save the cold room material." Dr. Gill also praised the efforts of the B.&G. staff. According to Meadow, the loss was mainly in chemicals and instrumentation. "The basic materials were saved," he said...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Medical School Explosion Injures Two, Destroys Lab, Causes $100,000 Damage | 1/8/1968 | See Source »

Head Down. Hebron's volunteer firemen were driven back by one explosion. "Through the wreckage and out of the smoke came this man carrying a small child," said Fireman Paul Dickmann. "The man's hair was all burned off, his face was burned, and there appeared to be flesh hanging down from his hand. 'Get to someone who needs help,' he said. Then he collapsed in my arms with the child." A 15-month-old baby lived through the crash, as did Chris Haile, 5, and his little sister Eileen, 2, whose parents were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: The Hills of Hebron | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

...student was critical of the firemen's methods. "All they had to do was ask Fritz [Rau, the House Superintendent] for the key to the room," he said. "Instead, they trampled over everything that lay in their path...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Guts Room in Lowell House; University Will Investigate Causes | 11/20/1967 | See Source »

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