Word: firing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...however, in "The Hand of God," by Mr. Strout, and "A Glow of Sacred Fire," by Mr. Henderson, both of them stories of rural life and both of them tragic in theme, that the excellence of the present number of the Advocate chiefly consists. Dialect presents many difficulties even for the trained hand, and in this regard Mr. Strout and Mr. Henderson have acquitted themselves remarkably well. Of the two stories the former is the more ambitious, and is, perhaps, partly on that account, the more uneven. The semi-detached prelude, in which for a moment the author intrudes...
Early yesterday morning a fire broke out in the tailoring shop in the rear of the third floor of the Harvard Co-operative Society, gutting the entire attic and most of the third floor before the Cambridge Fire Department succeeded in getting the blaze in hand. Flames were first discovered by the watchman, who turned in a first alarm at 3.27 o'clock. This failed to work and it was not until the whole roof was ablaze that engines arrived on the scene. Three-quarters of an hour was spent before the flames were controlled, and in that time...
What caused the fire is not yet known, as the fire chief expressed himself as unable to explain it, unless it were due to crossed wires. No exact estimate of the damage done can yet be made, but the greater part of the merchandise on the third and second floors, and much on the first was either partially or wholly spoiled by the fire and water...
According to a statement made by G. E. Cole, the superintendent of the Society, yesterday morning, the Co-operative will be obliged to suspend all business for at least a week. At the end of that time there will be a fire sale. fortunately, the building and entire stock were adequately insured...
...know that it is hard to stay at work here. It is harder to lie down under fire than charge at a greater risk. But if it is one's duty it must be done, and the soldier does not select his duty. He does what is considered best for the contingent as a whole. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL