Link, Vol. 14

Excerpt from The Link, Vol. 14: Program Magazine for the United Fellowship of Protestants; April, 1956 In December, 1851, a fire took place which outdid either of the others. Starting in the Capitol's żues, the żames spread into the main hall of the Library. When they were dis covered, part Of the shelving, many books, and a large table were burn ing brightly. By the time an attempt could be made to extinguish the blaze, the whole interior of the hall was a roaring furnace. Seven fire companies, backed up by Marines from the Navy Yard, showed up to fight the żames. It looked for a while as if reinforce ments Of fire fighters from Alexan dria, Virginia, and Baltimore, Mary land, would be needed. But the local people finally scotched the red de mon. One fire engine had to be run up on the Capitol steps and another put in the rotunda. Part of the build ing was hacked away with axes. 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.