[Rescued from the Hotel St. Denis]

Helping hands

Caught by surprise

[Young man wearing boxer shorts, shoes and hat]

[Fireman rescuing an angel, New York]

[Doctors wheeling cart with blanket-wrapped body]

"Down to Safety"

Street Scene: Last Rites After Fire

[Fireman enjoying his coffee after tenement fire, New York]

A colored fireman

A colored fireman

A colored man

A colored man

A colored fireman

A colored fireman

A colored fireman

[Interior of tenement after a fire, New York]

"Serious fire resulted when Nieves, enraged, shredded his wife's mattress and set fire to it."

[Woman carrying child mannequin after fire at the Lerner Shops Outlet Store, New York]

Fire on Fifth Avenue

The Boys Who Used to Run Fireman's Errands are Grown Men Now... Chasing Fires With Buff Badges Pinned on Their Coats

[Theatergoers wait out a fire in front of Sardi’s Restaurant, New York]

"The sirens also brought these girls, GI's, a dachshund and hundreds of others to the scene. The dog hid in a fire wagon."

"The sirens also brought these girls, GI's, a dachshund and hundreds of others to the scene. The dog hid in a fire wagon."