Word: grates
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...summer. In Thayer, Perkins, and Conant Halls, common living and smoking rooms have been established. In Thayer, room 3 has been chosen for the living room and the partition between the study and bedroom has been removed. Electric lights and steam heat have been added and the small grate fire place has been enlarged so that wood instead of coal may be used for fuel. A week will in all probability be necessary for completion. In Conant, rooms 1 and 2 on either side of the hall have been thrown together. The study of room 3, which has been...
...facts in regard to the origin of the fire in Thayer Hall, Wednesday afternoon, are given below. One of the painters was applying black varnish to the fire place in room 50, when the surface he was covering was ignited from a very low fire in the grate. From this blaze the pot, containing about a pint of varnish, was ignited. The painter put the pot into a coal scuttle and attempted to carry it out of the building through the corridor. The heat from the pot became so intense that the scuttle was dropped near the corridor door...