World's Greatest Calamities: the Baltimore fire and Chicago theatre horror ...
Beaver Springs, PA: American Pub. Co, 1904. Hardcover. Octavo, Red embossed boards, decorated endpapers, v, 7-9, 33-474 pages, [64] pages plates, illustrations
"To the above is added an account of all the great fire for hundreds of years."
With graphic descriptions of flames sweeping with resistless fury; narrow escapes from the jaws of death; Panic stricken multitudes, etc."
Also an account of the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire considered the deadliest single-building disaster in American history only surpassed by the destruction of the World Trade Center. The Iroquois fire prompted widespread implementation of the panic bar, asbestos fire curtains, and doors that open outward. Good. Former owner's name in a pleasant script and purple ink inside the front cover. Front hinge started but holding. Corners bumped, light reading wear. Item #646
Price: $24.00