. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . received was usually from some outsider. A man came early one morning to ask if he were dead, and when his wifesaid no, that he was perfectly well, the man said, Well, Im very glad tohear it. for they told me that he fell down a hoistway last evening, audithoughl he must be dead. On my asking Mr. Hotfrnire about it afterwards,he said : It was in a large store down town where they had the hoistway at theend againsl the Avail, and as I was going along in the dark I walked right in
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . received was usually from some outsider. A man came early one morning to ask if he were dead, and when his wifesaid no, that he was perfectly well, the man said, Well, Im very glad tohear it. for they told me that he fell down a hoistway last evening, audithoughl he must be dead. On my asking Mr. Hotfrnire about it afterwards,he said : It was in a large store down town where they had the hoistway at theend againsl the Avail, and as I was going along in the dark I walked right intothe open hoistway. and fell down three stories. I struck on my feet, and waspretty well jarred, but not hurt seriously. I had the curiosity to go down thenext day to see what it was that saved me, and I saw that it was my steppingforward so unhesitatingly that brought me square up against the end wall,and kept me from turning over so that I came down straight, and I could seewhore the toes of my boots had scraped against the wall. • (hi another occasion a large wholesale coffee store down town took fire in.
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