"SALEM — A love of poetry — and quick work by firefighters — kept a water-line break last night from ruining the Salem Athenaeum's rare book collection."

"Director Jean Marie Procious said if it were not for an evening poetry reading, no one would have discovered the water line break, which occurred around 8:40 p.m. in the athenaeum's basement. The private library holds Revolutionary-era texts important to the history of the city and surrounding areas."

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