Excerpt from Forty-Third Annual Report of the Board of Managers and Superintendent, 1913 Fire - The fire which took place in our school building on the afternoon of February l0th and which originated under the stairway of the girls' gymnasium threatened to be most serious. That it was not more disastrous was due entirely to the prompt response of the Fire Department of the City to the call from the fire alarm within the school and to the energetic. And effective work of the Chief of the Department and his men. The damage was appraised at which amount was promptly paid by the fire insurance companies in which our buildings are insured. The damage by fire and water was at once made good and the buildings placed in good order. It gratify ing to note that Within two minutes of the time when the alarm of fire was given the pupils had all left the school building, had gathered in their respective quarters and had answered to the roll-call. As the assembly hall of the school is frequently used for musical and literary entertainments, to which the pupils are admitted free of charge, and as these entertainments are attended by a large number of people, your Directors decided to place two modern steel fire escapes near the exits from the hall. These were manufactured bv Hillis 8: Son of Halifax and ire at once convenient, commodious and safe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.