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Molly McGhee saves Tony in Grimm Street fire
Molly McGhee, an East Side washerwoman, defies Grim Street gossip to rescue her estranged husband Tony during a four flight blaze that engulfs Sadie Volkhammer’s apartment. She carries the injured duo to safety, accepting the cost with iron resolve and signaling an end to her old life on Grimm Street.
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RS. McGhee
Tony McGhee
Tony
Grimm Street
Molly
Sadie Volkhammer
Mitchell
Missis McGhee
Mrs. Schramm
Sadie
Trollope
Maggie
Grimm
Molly McGhee
Mother Mitchell
Tailor Tode
Josky
Tode
Mrs. Tode
Moll McGhee