Thrilling Fire at Empire Hotel Stuns New York Crowd
A dramatic rescue at the Empire Hotel fire details how Battalion Chief Binns signaled a ladder crew to save a woman two stories below the top, a midair struggle ending with her safe return and, humorously, her dog and jewels. The account contrasts brave firemen with arsonists and sketches Fire Department routines and alarms in vivid period flavor.
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New York Rew Co
New York
Emnetce
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Forty-sixth Street
Binns
Terra Firma
Zizi
Walit
Firefighters and dogs guard a burning scene in a vivid tale
A fiery scene unfolds as horses and crewmen are described racing from a blaze. A dog named Oakie guards the site while a lieutenant recalls the loyalty of dogs. The piece then shifts to wartime naval newspapers and New York City’s shifting centers of activity.
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Big Jim
Hook and Ladder No. 23
Jerry Baby
Engine Company No. 2
Greenwich Station
Major
Old Jim
Roger
No. 38
Oakie
Alfred Vanderbilt
Zizi
Windsor
McDermott
Jackies
Navy
Kentucky
Louisiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Newport
Wealth of the United States in 19th Century Scale
The national wealth exceeds 100 billion dollars with an average of about 1500 per person if evenly distributed. Real estate and taxed improvements form half, railroads and equipment exceed 11 billion, manufactured goods total 7.5 billion, furniture and carriages are comparably valuable, and livestock stands near 4 billion.
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United States
L. G. Powers
Census Bureau
Washington
United Stateth Ser
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Tudies
William Allen Johnston
Fire Department
East Sixty-seventh Street
L.A. Shafete
York
Fifty Seventh Street
Washington Square
Eighty-sixth Street
Riverside Drive
Chambers Street
Broadway
Canal Street
Union Square
Madison Square
Herald Square
Fourteenth Street
Wall Street
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