16. The fire in the Academy Building

The Academy Building in Groningen looks as though it is as old as the university itself. But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it is already the third Academy Building, after the previous one was destroyed by fire.‘The Fire in the Academy Building’ is the eighth and final episode of the second season of the UKrant podcast Echoes. Christien Boomsma takes you back to 1906, the year in which painters failed to properly extinguish a gutter fire, and the life’s work of a professor went up in flames.**This episode was researched and written by Christien Boomsma. Sound and editing: Christien Boomsma. Voice: Tom Wilcox.**Shownotes:This episode is mainly based on the source edition by F.R.F. Smit and W.R.H. Koops, De Groninger Academiebrand. 30 August, 1906 (Groningen, 2006).The Delpher online newspaper archive has countless reports on the fire.The image database at the municipality of Groningen contains photos of the situation before, after, and during the 1906 fire.Before:https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/c6de5016-4838-713a-64ed-c44569c6d631https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/31c1be3e-a7a2-b5f7-a2b1-3189c4ef8d41https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/e40848f7-22ca-42ed-e335-37faa2a7a60fhttps://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/9e922635-0ce6-3b58-52cc-b32d36c1d9eaDuring:https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/48c23a35-ca41-c2e4-1144-54d377a25f4chttps://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/51ed0622-c9c5-3179-d854-c59895eb872fAfter:https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/c8398ba0-3410-7d57-ee4f-5844c1a6e685https://hdl.handle.net/21.12105/51ed0622-c9c5-3179-d854-c59895eb872f