Word: roofed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...heavy as seems, from statements made in the recent meeting of the Athletic Association, to be expected. In expending the large amount of $7000 on the grand stand, the committee reckoned on constructing it in the most permanent manner possible, and, moreover, by providing a temporary roof to protect the seats from the sun and storm, little or no more repairs will be needed for that portion of the structure. It would certainly be advisable to have a surplus fund for repairs, but that fund is not necessary for the success of the scheme...
...brilliant lights, the mazes of apparatus filling the lofty roof, the polished paneling and heavy timbers and the gay crowd surrounding the graceful athletes combined to make a picture both unique and striking. - [Advertiser report of the athletic meeting...
...part of the roof of the Payret Theatre in Havana fell on Sunday. Several lives were lost...
...long mooted question in regard to fire escapes is at last to be definitely settled. On Holyoke House and College House alone will improvements be made as regards permanent fire escapes. Two of the ladders on Holyoke will be extended up to the roof, and on College House will be placed two new iron ladder fire escapes. These escapes will be at each end of the long entry, and will reach several feet above the upper story. This latter extension is made in order that students in the upper story of the centre hall, which is one story higher than...
There is a bad leak in the roof of Harvard Hall...