House afire on Brattle St. Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1918 [February 5, 1918] Wea [Weather] 
-10 [degrees], 0 [degrees] Intense cold. Fine
  Brilliantly clear with strong
N.W. [northwest] wind. Coldest day but
one (Dec.) of entire winter
thus far. -10 [degrees] sometime last
night, not above 0 [degrees] at any time
to-day.
  Garden birds. Chickadee, Jay
& Flicker heard. Nothing wearing
feathers seen.
  Forenoon devoted to writing
letters & cheques for bills.
Shortly after luncheon a fire
broke out in attic of Endicott house,
Brattle street. I got there a few
minutes later. Street alreaded [already] crowded
with engines, fireman & onlooking
people including many neighbors.
Flames & smoke issuing from every
part of roof. Firemen worked
systematically if rather slowly, &
soon had two lines of hose playing
inside garret. Fire wholly out
by 4 P.M.

Cambridge Charles E. Faxon's death.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1918 [February 6, 1918] Wea [Weather]
-3 [degrees] +30 Dull.
  Cloudy with snow flakes
falling now & then through
calm, chill air. Temperature
rising steadily, to relief of 
every one. The cold snap thus
terminated has been in some
respects more trying than the
December one. Nantucket Sound
said to be frozen over. Townsend
reports ice floes covering ocean
almost as far as eye could reach,
last Sunday, off Cape Anne.
He could see no open water of 
much extent save on horizon 
line where it showed as a blue streak
  Garden birds. 4 Chickadees at
suet. Flicker & Jay heard. No
House Sparrows since Jan. 30 [January 30, 1918].
  Spent day in Museum working
on Introduction but making no
progress with it. Eyes bad, head
confused. Walter Deane called at
4.30 & let at 8.30
Family evening in hall