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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 484

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Street Tunnel had ventilating towersat the edge of the river. When I reached thefirst one, I looked up and saw the red glareoverhead. I kept on, fighting my way throughthe piled-up furniture in the darkness. When Iwas, as I supposed, about half-way through thetunnel, I looked back. Flames and… … IN THE IINNI-L. ;S AND SPARKS lllR JLi.H THE VENTILATING TOWERS. Finally I reached the north end of the tun-nel ; but I never stopped until I got to the com-parative safety of Kinzie Street, and from thereI saw that a cloud of smoke was pouring sullenlyout of the tunnels mouth. At the same time…

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