Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yesterday's blaze began at approximately 11:30 a.m. when, according to Cambridge Fire Chief Henry Kilfoyle, a Buildings and Grounds worker who was repairing the Union roof accidentally ignited a portion of it with his blowtorch. The worker immediately went to a Massachusetts Avenue building for help. When he returned minutes later a cordon of three engine companies, two ladder companies, and one rescue company from the Cambridge Fire Department had surrounded the building...
...fire was out, having burned only some outside molding and roof beams at the southwest corner of the building. To get at the smoldering blaze, however, firemen had had to tear away walls, rip through ceilings, and shoot high-pressure water throughout the whole leaky structure. The result was extensive damage to plaster and furnishings on the upper floors and in the western half of the main dining room...
Fire Chief Kilfoyle estimated, however, that the cost of repairing such chopped up portions of the building as the roof would probably bring the fire's total damage cost above...
Although it was the roof workman who caused the fire, the blaze was first reported by Heaman himself...
...Spurred on" by alumni pressure, the Corporation has decided to restore the railings, pinnacles, spires, and other Gothic ornaments of the roof and tower of Memorial Hall. Work on the $100,000 project will begin early next spring and last about six months, William Bentinck-Smith '37, Assistant to the President, announced yesterday...