Word: rung
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...horses of the Brattle square engine were being exercised when the alarm was rung in, the fire gained considerable headway before the steamer arrived and the first ho.e was run. As Chief Casey was delayed by an accident to his wagon and did not reach the scene of operations till some time after the two other engines had arrived, there was but little discipline among the firemen and the service inefficient. When work was really begun, however, the fire was quickly controlled and the building was not gutted. The woodwork from the third story up was seriously charred however...
...little before 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, fire broke out in 28 weld, which is occupied by G. D. P. Wilder '95 and A. H. Gould '96. An alarm was sent in, but as Box 152 was rung instead of Box 59, the fire department was considerably delayed in reaching the spot. Although the flames did not spread beyond the study, the explosion of a small amount of powder in a desk, near which the fire is supposed to have originated, communicated the fire to several parts of the room. The fire was put out almost immediately by a stream...
...proper manner of observing Lent. He pointed out that Ash Wednesday was the beginning of Lent but that there was no end. The words forty days merely stood for an indefinite number. The observation of Lent was like the climbing of a ladder, one always reaches to a fresh rung and leaves the old one behind. Each succeeding Ash Wednesday is the fresh rung in the ladder...
...students drowned on May 13. The service will begin as usual at 8.45 precisely, but will be prolonged a little over the usual limit. By the kindness of President Eliot I am authorized to say that the College bell for the 9 o'clock recitations will not be rung on Saturday until the Chapel service is over...
...restored when a person had been called. This difficulty was met by the invention of the automatic switch, by means of which the hanging up to transmitter on the side of the telephone closed the regular line, so that the bell could be rung...