Word: fires
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fire in the annex of Drayton Hall yesterday morning destroyed about $3,000 worth of property. This blaze, the third of its kind that has occurred in buildings connected with the University within the past three weeks, was also of unknown origin. Drayton Hall Annex, which is situated on Boylston street below Mt. Auburn, has been in use recently as a dormitory for 20 men in the Naval Radio School. Drayton Hall itself is occupied chiefly by graduate school students...
Yesterday the University made all necessary plans for the accomodation of those departments of the College, the Ensign School and the scenario division of the Federal Committee on Public Information which formerly occuterday's fire is still unknown, except tha terday's fire is unknown, except that the blaze started in the basement of the building. The interior of the hall was completely destroyed, but it is believed than the walls have not been weakened or damaged to any considerable extent. No plans have yet been made in regard to restoring the building...
According to an announcement from the College Office yesterday afternoon, all papers and documents of importance that were in Dane Hall were saved from the fire. No theses, reports or examination books were lost, the examinations taken recently by the Ensign School having been recovered yesterday...
...reserve'--a sort of semirepose, after a month of hot work and strain, too. It is not that we sweat and slave greatly, but there somehow seems to be a nervous effort and tightening in driving under fire which takes it out of one physically. The result is that after our 'spells' of 24 or 48 hours we sink into lethargic repose until the next call. The days seem all alike--except that we are served 'chocolat' instead of black, sugarless coffee on Sunday mornings--and they slip by, unsung, into the tumbled yesterdays of 'a little while...
...damage would have been slightly less, had not the Yard watchman, who was running to send in the alarm, been mistaken for a firebug by a Radio School guard, who held him up as he was running to the box. The necessary explanations delayed the calling of the fire department for a short time...