fire ▁to ▁grow ▁from ▁ ▁tall ▁to ▁over ▁ ▁tall . ▁Sub sequ ent ▁A gg ies ▁adopted ▁the ▁new ▁idea , ▁and ▁the ▁te e pe e ▁design ▁became ▁standard ▁for ▁Bon f ires ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁twenty - five ▁years . ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁the ▁bon f ires ▁were ▁constructed ▁entirely ▁from ▁fresh - cut ▁logs . ▁The ▁event ▁suffered ▁its ▁first ▁fatal ity ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁when ▁a ▁student ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁a ▁s wer ving ▁car . ▁For ▁un related ▁reasons , ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁the ▁Bon fire ▁was ▁moved ▁from ▁Sim pson ▁Dr ill ▁Field ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁Memorial ▁Student ▁Center ▁to ▁Dun can ▁Field , ▁near ▁the ▁d orm s ▁of ▁the ▁Corps ▁of ▁Cad ets ▁( wh ose ▁leaders ▁o vers aw ▁construction ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁the ▁structure ▁col lapsed ▁two ▁days ▁before ▁Bon fire ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁held , ▁but ▁students ▁worked ▁around - the - clock ▁to ▁re build ▁it , ▁and ▁the ▁bon fire ▁burn ed ▁as ▁scheduled . ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁students ▁attempted ▁several ▁st un ts , ▁trying ▁to ▁light ▁the ▁stack ▁early , ▁but ▁to ▁no ▁avail . ▁In ▁both ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁students ▁from ▁U T ▁r ented ▁an ▁air plane ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁drop ▁fire ▁bomb s ▁onto ▁the ▁stack . ▁In ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁instances ,