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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 595

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ls of South Brooklyn. Thefiremen of New York City had an experience ata fire on the East River, a few years ago, whichgave them just an inkling of what they mightexpect at some of these water-front fires, and alsoprovided a most startling finale to a rather in-significant blaze. Here they were… … W.J ft M<^mi lanw^ Micafc.^WETTING-DOWN TANKS AT AN OIL a most exquisite combination for producing apeculiarly pungent and suffocating smoke. Invain they tried to make the compartment in theforward part of the vessel, where the fire wasraging, with their lines of hose. Again and again they were…

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