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The North Adams Evening Transcript
Monday, 23 February 1914


        NORTHAMPTON FIRE 
          BURNS HIGH SCHOOL
          
        Loss of $60,000 Results From
          Sunday Afternoon Blaze
          
        The Northampton high school building was
      practically destroyed by fire yesterday after-
      noon at 4:30, although the outside walls were
      left standing. The building was erected in
      1895 at a cost of $50,000, and the value of
      the equipment may have been $10,000 more.
      There was no insurance on the building, as it
      has been contrary to the policy of the city
      for nearly 20 years to carry insurance upon
      any of its buildings. The annex to the school,
      which is not yet completed and will cost
      $60,000, was saved by energetic work on the
      part of the fire department. Fortunately the
      annex is so far completed as to be roofed in,
      and the snow on the roof afforded protection
      against the sparks from the burning building.
      The two buildings are connected by a corridor,
      and the firemen found their severest task in
      preventing the spread of the fire to the annex
      by way of this corridor.
      
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