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Every one who knows the particulars of Henney's danger and escape feels that the whole situation was absolutely inexcusable. The fire spread with remarkable rapidity, it is true. On the other hand it took place in the middle of the day, in a crowded part of the town, and within a few hundred yards of a station of the City Fire Department. When the emergency arose means of escape from the building proved inadequate, and the performance of the fire department was nothing short of disgraceful...
...newer entry of Hilton Block in the broom closet on the third floor. It spread with great rapidity over the newly varnished wainscoating with such volumes of smoke that it was impossible to save anything in the rooms on the upper stoies. With but one exception, J. B. Henney, Jr., 1901, of Hartford, Conn., no one was caught in the building. Henney who rooms in number 38 on the top story was reading in his room when he smelt smoke, and on going into the entry was nearly stifled by the dense cloud which was rolling up from the floor...
Meanwhile the hook and ladder from the Brattle square station had arrived and on seeing Henney at the window the crowd made a rush for it and attempted to drag off the extension ladder, breaking the lock in so doing and rendering removal of the ladder impossible. It could only have been raised by six men experienced in its use, however, and there were but two members of the department on the truck, the captain having run back to ring in a second alarm. The lieutenant of the truck company aided by several undergraduates then hurried...
...Henney, J B, Jr, Hilton Block