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152 [[vertical red line in margin]] was little or no wind. Fell asleep again and at about 4 AM was awakened by somebody knocking gently at my door. I thought I was dreaming but the knock repeated and somebody opened the door slightly. Then I saw it was Martha, the cook who tole me in a low very self possessed voice as if she did not want to awaken the other people in the house: [[underlined]] "Dr. Baekeland your barn is afire." [[/underlined]] I thought I was dreaming but she repeated the same sentence in the same moderated voice. Then I rushed to the window of the "spare [[end page]] [[start page]] 153 [[vertical red line in margin]] room" and saw big flames shooting upward from the South Western Corner of the Barn where the Balance room is and where I keep my delicate instruments I rushed to the 'phone and notified the Fire Department. Then hurriedly dressed and hurried down stairs to the barn. [[underlined]] George [[/underlined]] had already preceded me. His sister had helped him by lacing one of his shoes while he laced the other. When I came down stairs I found that the hook and ladder wagon had just arrived and that they were coupling a hose [[end page]]