The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-07
Hotel Fires.

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they have % Dc rescued 70" "e "Ht-
,for-. or burn 10 death. You rccollect
i terrible ..Fnb Avenue" hotel ire
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aud the great southern fioteI hTe IN
-. Louis. which burned 10 or 50 people.
r,r- .-u Lo,.rs 80 ,,r,nl 49,
!t1i' WIN 80 % az 49,
where the TIRE occurred at night. Ihe
Milwaukee Hotel fire which cost tie
l5va. ~ naay1, IDo rer.on. nod. rs.
Ast' ~ ''ei' ,"s' ~ N.'t'N""'
getting ladders long ehou5h 10 re2ch tit
upper windows.
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A soUrHERNER SOLVES IHErRoBLEN
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The shocking loss OF me al TIE Tot
ter bulIdinS ME IN We" / orA last IAN,
and me discussion OF various means 2.
reaching persons VINO We're ImpFI>"ne
90 ne 9ppe. noors oitaiIed Hte'' cause
'aI' tahdoiPh - SH1'"e"' % IN
city, 10 give some thoutht 10 method
Tor saving HE under such CIRCUMSTANCES
lie ara ted a plan but laid L aside tot
several months. me dreadful cata>tro-
phe al hliwauhes' - when - many
ives were ios' AZ January las'' rcNiNed
MS interest ahd on sunday i3!IowihS
that event ne mailed 4 letter 70 " u II.
iIulburt, Esq., editor VI the New 1ork
borfd a follows:
II Suggestion Tor tan
towers nre escapes JumpinA blankets.
Do" ana arrow ETC., must ali Ian Ia case
where the height OF The 6ullilng runs
70 SIX, seVep, elght and niue stores a.
I now common. an ANXIOUS ~ e9h
tIlpuSe my mi,e TO ne cause 81 huihaii-
ny therefore oher through you 10 the
rire department. OF your cry TINS meth
od TOT saving NE: Let eaci! 81 your ne
companies nave three or iour picked
meh-ol lignt weight trained 70 run M
,elegraph poles ulve th'm a set Of
iaudei', consisting OF a strong but il2ht
pole, 10 leet long, bent al the upper
ehd NE a shepherd oroot' or The lettee
i win shofl fungs or rc1s through til
pole ior the hauds aLd ieet- >cnd y"n
d uue ula2Ialh OF my tdei When a
IRE occurs ana persons appear az Tie
WINDOWS raise your ordinary ladders to
.he thru s'oiie, 'heh sehd up y2ur
~ight-"eigh' ne savers Let each
raise tls pore iauder' eaten the hook over
the Sill OF the W!IdoW ABOVE him, climb
70 'la' s'uI3' put one ie9 over the I'll
70 steady hitlSeh' raise the ladder TO tie
next s'ofy ana 70 on ciimolng to the
peiSon ~ peru ne should nave a SINAI.
IeeI ias'ehc" 10 US Shoulae WI n a cord
70 iTd" up d rope lauuef after lie Teaches
INC 'op story. descent would then be
easy, -
ne le'ter dlo not appear IN the
'oI"f' anu apr. oilot"ell tgid several
pGisois' 70 "hphl ne described his meth
Vas last month mat very hNeIy some
1ahAee "ould eaten IL up 10 patent It
ahu niaNe money u OF It. lc terday
me New 1ork papers brought l%ntelll-
sehcG mat tue pan had been adopted,
@hu iounu nighly succeSstul-
lhe New York HefHtd, under the
head Drilling to Save Lives -
says;
ne his1 practlcii exhibition OF the
apparatus 4 methods 81 the new lire
sa'lpS corps OF the fHe Department
was given yesterdiy betJre the Com
NIL sl"hers and ChIet Bates, at the
house OF Engine Company No. Al.
AROUND Tie house, wIlie the drill was
10 progress, a crowd gathered which
must nave included pretty ncarly all the
iiiilaoitah'9- Hooking
tneir ladders III the window sllls and cor
noes they embed Ike cats to the root
~ the nam building, pauslng half way
to raise other ladders, and showing what
perfect command they had OF their arms
! IOT NOIh at any height.
ne scaling ladders are thin poles OF
hickory, protected with bands OF
wrought IRON. a number of pegs are
lilseIico 10 caefi sac TO serve as steps,
and the upper end Is furnished with d
gIea5 IRON nook IKE a scythe blade
whlGh, oelng htfed with teeth, grips a
WHO" sl hIIIly' Every man III his
asceh' carries d iiie Inc with which he
can lower any person to the ground with
ease: -.
men the exhibition Was over Presi
dent john }. Gorrnan couplimented the
80 snei MI a. wen a. on then
The Wo,iJ savs. 'o''iee'
The ladders were marvc's of livht-
ness and strength, having only one up
lnsh' Pr % hlcHoiy wood Two niche.
strin of stool rrnn;nr ~. ma
TO stifien it, and crossed by rnpos ah7n,
ten lncHes long and fifteen inches apart.
- one END Is a long steel arm with a
Iow - - 80, ~ y u>eu a. any win
rne hdders are * faeT io,ao a ~ NY u :
% pound. AT err the Commissioner
ndu eAdHllheu tHem MI iiDeIl formed
!, t" ~ a. ghai .hr'e OF }hcm
arainst 80. wan. 49, noie placed