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A century ago, Aug. 8, 1924, the Berkeley Daily Gazette newspaper reported that Berkeley Lodge #170 of the Odd Fellows had made an agreement to purchase land at the northwest corner of Bancroft Way and Fulton Street for $30,000, and construct “a three-story modern lodge building.”
At the same time, the City was considering widening that block of Bancroft by two feet on either side, with setback lines required of new construction.Berkeley’s emergency fire warning siren on Grizzly Peak was tested for the first time on Aug. 13, 1924, as part of a fire drill. The day before the Gazette reported “code signals will be sounded calling the various fire wardens to their stations. They will be asked to report as to how clearly the siren can be heard from their various stations.
The test on Aug. 13 proved unsuccessful. In part because the wind was blowing from the west, “the shrill shriek was hardly heard within the city limits,” the paper reported the next day, although it could be heard in Orinda and Wildcat Canyon. A larger siren was recommended.UC Berkeley track and field coach Walter Christie was serving in the same role for the United States team at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
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