Word: firing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Corporation has passed the following recommendations to lessen danger from fire in the College dormitories, made to it by W. S. Burke, Inspector of Grounds and Buildings...
There appeared in this column last June an editorial under the caption "Stygian Hailways," which condemned the practice of extinguishing gas-lights in the hallways of Yard dormitories at midnight. In convenience, risk, and, "in case of fire, absolute danger" were cited as reasons for remedying matters. It would seem that the recent fire in Randolph furnished strong support to our position at that time. The Yard buildings certainly are not fire-proof; nor are they oversupplied with easy means of egress. With the Yard itself none too brilliantly lighted up at night, it is hardly more than sane precaution...
...students whose rooms were ruined by the fire have been quartered in other suites in Randolph and in other places provided by the management of the burned building, where they will remain until the wing has been rebuilt...
...east wing of Randolph Hall was partially destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The exact cause is unknown. The fire was discovered shortly before 4 o'clock in the middle room on the ground floor. The flames spread quickly up the staircase, and by the time the fire apparatus had arrived the entire wing was blazing. The occupants of the rooms made their escape with little difficulty, but with no time to save anything. Within less than two hours the third and fourth floors were entirely gutted. The walls separating the rooms were burned away, and in places the slate...
...during the fire it was necessary to spray Apthorp House with the hose apparatus belonging to Randolph, in order to protect it from showers of sparks. Apthorp House is an old wooden building not more than forty feet from the blaze...