A FREAK ACCIDENT AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT Chicago 1871
We’re
UNDERPR Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
REPARED
for fighting fires in this city.
YOU HAVE
16 1 4 6 steam engine companies
hose elevator
hook-and-ladder companies
hose carts
ALL THAT FOR A CITY THAT USUALLY ONLY HAS TWO FIRES A D
AND YOU THINK YOU NEED M
Chicago Common Council
193
DAY,
firemen.
MORE?!
Williams
WE DO
EACH COMPANY
Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
2 SQ
O.
Y IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
QUARE MILES, AND THE FIRE CODE IS BARELY ENFORCED.
We’re the
MOST PREPARE
Chicago’s ever
ED
r been.
Chicago Common Council
Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
IF YOU SAY SO...
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