"Firemen heard the cry and took time out to cover Smokey with a rubber coat, while a bystander, above, added the shelter of an umbrella until the water tower was shut off."

[Smokey, covered with a rubber coat and sheltered by a bystander's umbrella, waiting for water tower to be shut off]

Injured fireman is carried back to Fire House.

Helping a buddy

"Smoke swirling about them, these firemen help another woman down the ladder, while a third firefighter reaches up to help."

[Injured or dead person carried on a stretcher]

[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."