THE NEW YORK FIRE.
FELL. FROM THE ROOF. MAN'S MARVELLOUS ESCAPE. (Received 11.45 a.m.) New-:York, April'l7. During the boardinghouse fire, . a man attempted to escape over the roof, but fell and was.killed. Another man was descending when the ladder broke, and Captain Smith, of the lire brigade, while. suspended by his feet from.a window caught him and held him safely until another ladder was procured and the man was saved. The death roll numbers .eleven.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 98, 18 April 1914, Page 6
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75THE NEW YORK FIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 98, 18 April 1914, Page 6
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