Mather School Fire
Description:
Leader: Mather School Fire #6917 + 6921 1/1/74; Silent footage of the aftermath of a fire at the Mathers School. A fire truck outside the school; firemen go in the window and spray water st the building; smoke billows out the window; men look through charred and burned books, papers, and furniture. Exterior footage of the Grover Cleveland school. People at a meeting inside. Interview with John Kerrigan about strengthening security in Boston Public Schools and the series of school fires in Boston. Interview with a man about how the fire is disrupting the students where they might be sent. More footage of the interior of the burned out school.
