Inside Out Library · Explore

St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 335

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 335
322 AN ALARM OF FIRE BY TELEGRAPH. [Feb. machinery at first, and then ting, ting, ting! on a little bell inside. A pause, and ting,ting, ting, ting, ting! Another pause, andthen ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, ting ! —357, the number of the box. This is repeated five times in quick succes-sion,… … 1 A FIRE-ENGINE APPEARS. DRAWN BY THREE PLUNGING GRAY HORSES. the owner as he stands waiting for the firemento appear, but it is a matter of only a fewseconds; for within twenty seconds this stationnumber is ringing in a score or more ofengine-houses, and within one minute and ahalf six companies…

Children's literature

Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from St. Nicholas [serial]

More like this