Northampton, MA Smith College Fire, Feb 1910
FIRE ROUTS SMITH GIRLS.
DORMITORY BURNS, BUT STUDENTS ALL ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURY.
Northampton, Mass., Feb. 4. -- Twenty-five Smith College girl students were forced to flee from their dormitory, Clarke House, leaving their dinners behind them, when the building was discovered to be on fire tonight. All the girls escaped without injury, but most of them lost all of their personal effects. The flames practically destroyed the rear of the dormitory, one of the oldest owned by the college.
Clarke House is on the campus, and the sounding of the alarm and the screams of the frightened girls quickly brought the whole student body to the scene.
The New York Times New York 1910-02-05
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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