Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 427
A SCENE IN CARACAS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE OF I90O.REPAIRING A DAMAGED HOUSE. fires; and although an occasional blaze takesplace, the police have no difficulty in prevent-ing the spread of the flames. This, of course,is due to the structure of the houses, both theouter and inner walls of which, and… … STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON IN CARACAS. the floors and ceilings, are of masonry. Imag-ine a city of seventy-five thousand people with-out a fire-engine, a hose-reel, or even a regularfireman! Quite as useless in the average South Ameri-can city is an elevator, and I doubt if one couldbe found in…
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