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FIRST EVENT 4:40
The cutters had finished their work. -
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SECOND EVENT 4:43
Someone lit a cigarette and threw it in the trash bin. -
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THIRD EVENT 4:45
Someone puled the eighth floor fire alarm. -
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FOURTH EVENT 4:47
Two horse-drawn vehicles of the Engine Company arrived from a fire house six blocks away. -
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FIFTH EVENT 4:51
Workers on the eighth floor rang furiously for the two-passenger elevator t get safely to the ground. -
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SIXTH EVENT 5:03
Workers, shouting, crying, and gasping for air, slowly made their way downstairs. -
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SEVENTH EVENT 5:09
On the ninth floor, embers landed on piles of finished shirtwaists and cans of oil that used to make the machines run smoothly. -
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EIGHTH EVENT 5:10
Although help was on the way, panic was every where. It was every man for himself, some even made life or death decisions. -
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NINTH EVENT 5:12
Hook and ladder Company came to help, although it was to late for many. -
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TENTH EVENT 5:15
The firefighters brought the wild flame to control.