. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . and fifty tons of iron, and thirty-nine thousandsquare feet of glass. A grand concert, which fully ten thousand persons were 258 OF II FIREMEN. expected 1o attend, had been arranged for the evening. The total loss wasestimated at two million dollars. About five oclock smoke was seen issuing from a large room in the northnave, and in front of the entrance on Forty-second Si reel. The flames spreadwith incredible rapidity in every direction. There were about two thousandpersons sc
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . and fifty tons of iron, and thirty-nine thousandsquare feet of glass. A grand concert, which fully ten thousand persons were 258 OF II FIREMEN. expected 1o attend, had been arranged for the evening. The total loss wasestimated at two million dollars. About five oclock smoke was seen issuing from a large room in the northnave, and in front of the entrance on Forty-second Si reel. The flames spreadwith incredible rapidity in every direction. There were about two thousandpersons scattered about the edifice al the lime, allot whom, the moment thealarm of fire ! was raised, made a rush for Hie Sixth Avenue entrance, thedoors of which were thrown open. The entrance on Fortieth Street wasclosed. Fiuler Ihe direction of ex-( a plain Maynard, of the police, and severalof the directors the; crowd was conducted safely to the slreet. Mr. Smith, anemployee in charge of the jewelry deparmenl, saw the lire and ran back to hiscase of jewelry. He dragged the case from its fastenings along the gallery,. DESTRUCTION* OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. down a flight of stairs, and into the street. He w as almost the last personout, and had a narrow escape of his life. The view from the street andneighborhood was very grand, and thousands of persons flocked to theconflagration. The firemen of the district were soon on the spot, and twentyor thirty streams were thrown into the building, but without having any visibleeffect. Many firemen rushed into the edifice, hoping to save the apparatusthat were on exhibition, but they were compelled to retreat on account of thesmoke. Again and again they gallantly rushed into the palace, and eventu-ally succeeded in saving the carriage belonging to No. 40 Hose Company(Empire), and the carriage of No. 36 Hose Company (Oceanic). However,thecarriages of No. 1 Hose Company (Eagle), and No. G Hose Company (Croton)engine of No. 1G (Gotham), Hook and Lad
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