Word: fireproof
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...Fireproof paint...
...girls did all the work in the hall under the supervision of a housemother. By the fall of 1931 it seemed expedient to open another co-operative hall housing 100 women. The total cost per week for both board & room does not exceed $5.40. This means a splendid fireproof modern hall and in as good a room as the campus affords. Iowa State College has always been noted for her splendid housing facilities...
...fact that they were the first store in Japan to adopt the one price system, now employ 1,300 people. There was a short-circuit in the Christmas tree. Flames crackled among the celluloid ornaments, then jumped to a counter piled with celluloid toys, which exploded. The building was fireproof, but its rotunda made an excellent chimney. From the third floor to the roof roared a mushroom of flame and smoke...
...order to render the room fireproof, plans are now under way to remove the wooden paneling which conceals heavy brick walls on three sides of the hall. The wooden beams which support the roof will be replaced by steel beams, and, taking the present stone floor into consideration, the room will be rendered almost completely free from a fire risk by the alterations...
...Manhattan, Lieut.-Colonel Ralph A. Kluge was lunching with a friend when he heard that the city's supposedly fireproof Pier No. 54, main wharf of the Cunard Line, was burning down. Said he: "You know, I designed the steel construction for that pier years ago. I'd like to see how the old job is standing up. Let's go over...