The Press., 1895-11-28
THE MOUNT HOLYOKE FIRE
 GIRLS.

Recently an athletic association was organized among the young women stud ents of Mount Holyoke college. At the same time a fire brigade was formed, com prising a captain, three lieutenants, and twenty wardens. The purpose of the brigade is to insure better protection in case of fire. Heretofore the college has had no organized body thaf .'ould be called upon in case a fire broke out. The only precsution against possible loss of proper ty was the presence of stand-pipe and line of hose in the corridors of each floor. The advent, therefore, of an organized body of re-fghters among the students was naturally welcomed by both the stud ent body and members of the faculty The brigade has been given it's first Op- portunity to exhibit its usefulness. One night recently, shortly after il o'clock, the loud changing of the college fire bell aroused the sleeping students. The fire was in Miss Elizabeth Shearers room on the fourth floor. Within three minutes after the alarm had sounded a dozen brave and fearless young women were fighting heroically a fire that threatened destruc- tion of the entire college. So gallantly and successfully did they handle the blaze that all danger had passed before the fire men of South Hadley, who had also been summoned, arrived upon the scene. The | fire was confined to the room in which it started, and no great amount of damage was done, although several other rooms on the same floor and those below were flooded coplously with water and had to be completely dismantled.
 The work of the brigade Is practically as follows: When the fire bell rings, 1t is the duty of the captain to find out where the fire is situated, and to inform the lieu tenants, who are expected to report at 8 certain place at the ringing of the bell. It is the business of the wardens to get out the hose, placed in every corridor, and alsOsto run along the halls, knocking at every door, and shouting fire" The lfeutenants see that the hose is taken to the place of the fire and direct the work at the scene of the blaze. The captain has general oversight of the whole brigade, and attends to the connecting of the hose and it's pgoper management.
 The Brigade has had Unty one Pr7srttii6e before the fire, but in spite of their com paratively brief experience, they did ex- cellent work, and were loudly commended | by both students and faculty. The cap tain is Miss Converse, of Somersville, Ct., and the lieutenants are Miss Harriet Campbell of Auburn, N. Y; Miss Helen Calder, of Hartford, Conn.,, and Miss Sarah Long, of Brattleboro', Vt.-B0StOn Journal.
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