Damn the Old Tinderbox! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Damn the Old Tinderbox! write by Matthew J. Prigge. This book was released on 2019-03-01. Damn the Old Tinderbox! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the dead of an unassuming January night in 1883, Milwaukee’s Newhall House hotel was set on fire. Two hours later, the building—once among the tallest in the nation—lay in ruins and over seventy people were dead. It was a tragedy that brought global notice to Milwaukee, with daring escapes and rescues and heart-wrenching tales of victims burned to death or killed as they leapt from the burning building. From the great horror emerged an even greater string of mysteries: Who had set the fire and who was to blame for the staggering loss of life? The Newhall’s hard-luck barkeeper? A gentleman arsonist? What of the many other unexplained fires at the hotel? Had the Newhall’s management neglected fire safety to boost their profits? Damn the Old Tinderbox! is the gripping tale of one of the Gilded Age’s forgotten calamities, a fire that remains among the deadliest unsolved arsons in American history, and a significant chapter in both the history of Milwaukee and the Midwest.
Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department
Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department write by Wayne Mutza. This book was released on 2020-09-18. Engines and Other Apparatus of the Milwaukee Fire Department available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The vehicles and other firefighting equipment of the Milwaukee Fire Department, like the department itself, are unique among the fire service. It built more of its own apparatus than any other American city and few can match the scope and character of apparatus used to serve and protect life and property in Milwaukee. Through detailed research, firsthand narratives, and captivating photos, the author walks the reader through the fascinating history of the incredible machines that served Cream City from the mid-nineteenth century to modern times. This volume traces the ever-changing face of Milwaukee's fire-fighting and life-saving equipment in parallel with the city's own history and growth. The fire department workshop's reputation for ingenuity is shown through its adaptations to disastrous fires that brought about changes in laws, economic growth and decline, the establishment of Milwaukee's ethnic neighborhoods, the difficult transition from horses to motorization, the wartime and post-war experience, the corporate world of apparatus manufacturers, and Milwaukee's fireboat fleet.
Tinderbox
Tinderbox - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tinderbox write by Rachel Grant. This book was released on 2017-02-14. Tinderbox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Tinder-box
The Tinder-box - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tinder-box write by Maria Thompson Daviess. This book was released on 1913. The Tinder-box available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
THE TINDER BOX CHRONICLES
THE TINDER BOX CHRONICLES - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook THE TINDER BOX CHRONICLES write by Sirtony. This book was released on . THE TINDER BOX CHRONICLES available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
