Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 93
ight ofthe building was cracked. He be-lieved the entire structure would soonhave fallen, had he not immediatelysummoned his mason to put in tem-porary supports and till up the aper-ture. This plumber, he said, seemedto have excelled himself in the enor-mities he committed. He continued : We had… … Recessed Balcony. PLUMBERS BLUNDERS. 89 flood of water came rushing down the attic stairs; and, had the storm notabated, we should have stood in imminent peril of being deluged. WhenI went up to ascertain the cause, I discovered that the overflow-pipe tothe tank, instead of being sufficiently large…
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