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...broken sprinkler system caused a slight amount of damage and a considerable amount of excitement in the Coop yesterday morning...
Water leaking from the pipes of the sprinkler system caused some damage to the ceiling plaster of the main floor...
TIME quoted TV Director John Frankenheimer as he directed a Playhouse go scene set in a police station: "...The ceiling is too beautiful. I want it cruddy. Put sprinklers in it." We feel that this is offensive. The automatic sprinkler industry has done an outstanding job over the years of saving billions of dollars in American property and has saved countless lives from death by fire. Automatic sprinklers do not produce a "cruddy" appearance any more than radiators, light fixtures or electrical devices...
RAYMOND J. CASEY National Automatic Sprinkler and Fire Control Association New York City...
...blaze was set on top of 12,000 pounds of unused paper by a person or persons who entered a side door into a basement folding room in the 14 Plympton St. building. Most of the damage resulted from water poured on the burning paper by firemen and a sprinkler system...