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Colorized photo from 1916, June 30th 8pm
Original title: Fire in E. 14th st
Location: 116 East 14th St, New York, NY

At about 7pm in June, a fire broke out next door to Fox City vaudeville movie house. 900 people were able to escape from that location out the back. The cause of the fire was unknown, but there was a film company, and they used film that was made of nitrate, which is very flammable. And once on fire, it doesn't go out easily.

The building had an internal alarm system which tripped off, letting firefighters know where to go. Later street alarms were pulled. By the time they got there, all the floors were on fire.

There were four people in the building, all of which had to climb through a burning staircase to get out. They actually tried the elevator first.

The fire was under control in about an hour, and it would have taken less time, but they had a double ceiling, and had to hack through that. But even after that it took anot...

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