Cornell fire
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What is the bible verse
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John 15:13- Greater love hath no man this- that a man lay down his life for his friends
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What year did the fire take place and where?
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Thursday evening December 6, 1906, lodge of Alpha Psi at Cornell
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How many people died?
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4 brothers and 3 firemen
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What magazine wrote an article about the fire?
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McClure's Magazine
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Who is John McGraw of Ithaca's only daughter?
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Jennie McGraw
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What architect did Jennie McGraw direct to reestablish her new home in Ithaca and what year?
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Cornell architect William H Miller, 1879
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What other buildings did William Miller design?
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Cornell library and its beautiful tower Boardman Hall, Fiske-McGraw residence aka the President's mansion
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Who first occupied the Fiske-McGraw residence?
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Andrew D White
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What are the colors of the robes that the people in the picture on the first page of the chapter were wearing and where is the picture at?
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Blue, green, red, purple and its at the Cornell lodge
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Who is the picture on the first page in memory of?
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In memory of our son William Holmes Nichols and his friend Oliver Leroy Schmuck
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What kind of structure was the McGraw mansion?
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Reddish-brown crystallized sandstone of excellent texture, in the style of a French chateau
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Where was the woodwork imported from to make the McGraw mansion?
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France
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What was carved on the inside and outside of the McGraw mansion?
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Special faces and gargoyles
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How much would the McGraw mansion have cost today?
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Tens of millions of dollars
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Who, when and where was Jennie McGraw married?
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Professor Fiske, July 14, 1880, Berlin
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When did Jennie McGraw die?
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September 30, 1880
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Who and when was the McGraw mansion bought and for how much?
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Edmund G Wyckoff (Psi 1895) in 1896 for $46,000
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What surrounded the central reception hall on the first floor?
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Library with 6ft wide fireplace
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How was the attic used?
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The attic was left bare
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How many brothers lived in the lodge?
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7 slept on the second floor, 14 on the third, 5 had bare beds in the attic, and 5 of the 31 members lived in the little Chi Psi cottage
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How was the weather the night of the fire?
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Temperature near 0, 40mph snow-bearing wind gusting off Cayuga lake
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Who returned to the lodge the night of the fire and what time did he return and what was he doing prior to returning?
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Werner S Goetz (Psi 09) at 11:30 pm, he was returning from his first night as the editor of the Cornell Sun
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What was included when building the lodge?
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Wooden elevator shaft in the center of the building
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The door to the shaft on the first floor was used to keep what?
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Oils and wax used for polishing the floors
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How did the fire start?
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By spontaneous combustion in the elevator shaft and quickly roared to the roof
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At what time did people start noticing fires and put in fire alarms?
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3:40 am
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The firemen's efforts to extinguish the blaze were hampered by what?
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High winds and an inadequate water supply
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Brothers escaped from which floor without serious injuries?
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2nd floor
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Who was the only one from the second floor that was severely injured?
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Ray R Powers (Psi 07) from Atlanta, Ga
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Powers was sleeping in a room with who else?
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3 seniors- George R Sailor (07), Walter C Dyer (07), and Joseph Bowes (07)
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How did Powers escape from the fire and what were his injuries?
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He tried to run down the hall and suffered severe burns and returned to his room and saw his 3 roommates to safety. He then slid down a rope and started to place a ladder on the side of the house but was unable to hold it. Powers skin was hanging from his face and fingers in strips, and his entire forearm had been peeled bare. He walked to the Phi Kappa Psi house nearby without any help
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What did Powers tell the physicians when they came to help him?
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He told them to leave and go to help someone more severely hurt
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Who tried to escape the 2nd Floor escape?
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Werner S. Goetz '09 and Clarence R. Andrews '08 were planning to exit by means of blankets tied together. Andrews made his escape and Goetz was to follow. The size of the ledge was 20ft by 3It was a 40 ft drop too, Goetz struck his hip
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What was the projection of stone course?
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3 inches
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Who were 4th Floor attic brothers?
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Gustav J. Requardt '09, Clarence J. Pope '10, Herman A. Uihlein '08, Federick W. Grelle '10, and Horace S. Decamp '09.
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What was the nickname of attic?
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Heaven
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What was Requardt's remembrance?
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I jumped from one roof to the ridge of a lower one, but missed my footing and cut my leg quite deeply. I slid down the roof to a small projection or niche unoccupied by a proposed statue. I slid down the smooth marble column supporting the niche and then jumped to the ground.
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Who was in the room off the balcony?
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James McCutcheon '09 and Harry M. Curry 09. Double windows were installed that day.
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How did pope break through to their room?
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He smashed through the windows cutting his wrists, but succeeded in making a hole big enough for Curry. While he was being pulled through the hole, Curry struck his head on a stone railing and went unconscious. However, Pope succeeded in extricating him and laid him on the balcony. Pope then tried to reach McCutcheon and succeeded in reaching him and locking his arms and tried to drag him through. Then Pope lost consciousness. Then was taken to the Phi Kappa Psi house. When Pope fell Curry revived.
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What was the only form of light?
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From the blaze of the fire.
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Who brought the ladder?
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Alpha Delta Phi.
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What was McCutcheon's outcome
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McCutcheon was gently carried to the Phi Kappa Psi House, where he died five hours later without regaining consciousness.
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Who jumped from the smoke?
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With his nightclothes on fire, it was Oliver Leroy \"Ducker\" Schmuck '07, a senior from Hanover, Pennsylvania. He roomed with William Holmes Nichols '07, another senior from Chicago, on the 3rd floor.
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What did Schmuck do before this?
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Schmuck immeadiately crawled back to the window and began a vain search for Nichols. Nichols, evidently stupefied, or, misunderstanding Schmuck's directions, had apparently opened the door into the hall. The blast of flames undoubtedly enveloped him in an instant. Schmuck continued searching until in desperate agony he rushed to the window and jumped.
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How many ambulances were available?
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1
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What were the outcomes of Schmuck, McCutcheon, and Pope?
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Schmuck died about 9 the next morning, McCutcheon a little later. Pope, after weeks of suffering from his burns and fall, recovered.
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Last words of Schmuck?
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Did Billy (Nichols) get out
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How did three firefighters die?
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About 7 the next morning (Dec. 7) 3 of the Ithaca Firefighters died. Alfred Slater Robinson, an attorney and former student of the Cornell College of Law; John Cooper Rumsey; and Estes J. Landon. They were completely buried underneath the rubble of 200 pound granite blocks.
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Search team?
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For 3 days and 3 nights more than 40 men searched the ruins for the remains of Nichols and Grelle. Remains of both were found and positively identified.
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Which president sent his photo signed to Alpha Psi in remembrance of the heroism of the men of Chi Psi
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who were the 4 brothers that died?
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Oliver Leroy Schmuck (07) Hanover, Penn; William Holmes Nichols (07) Chicago, IL; James H McCutcheon (09) Pittsburgh; Frederick W Grelle (10) East Orange, NJ
