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This mass of debris is the result of a huge chimney crashing through factory roof

Chimney Crashes Through Three Floors of a Factory

WEAKENED by a terrific gale, a three by four-foot brick chimney towering above the roof of a box factory at Lynn, Mass., suddenly fell and crashed through three floors of the building, killing three of the employees and injur- ing others. Several persons were carried down with the fall- ing brick and timber to the floors below. Others sitting quietly at work suddenly saw a great hole open be- fore their eyes, into which their compan- ions and machines van- ished.

There were many narrow escapes from injury and death, and amid the excite ment women had to

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��be restrained from jumping from windows. Firemen, police and physicians came promptly to the scene and did heroic work. It was fortunate that no fire oc- cured, since the stiff gale from the harbor would have spread the flames rapidly.

One of the suggestions resulting from the catastrophe is that there should be a physicians' call sounded through the fire-alarm system in an emergency of this character. A pre-arranged signal, it is thought, would bring a corps of doctors quickly to the scene and hasten the rescue and relief work.

This is really a most serious question Everybody has read of the dreadful holo causts that happen every now and then in different parts of the country. Hov,' often it goes like this: "Several physicians were soon on the spot and worked hero- ically at their work of mercy until far into the night. It was pitiful to hear the groans of the injured who could not be aided immediately oudng to the few doctors who were available to carry on the work."

Are You Stifling Your Feet? Let Them Breathe

SUPPLY air to the feet and foot ills would vanish is the belief of a New Jersey manufacturing company. To prove its point it has introduced a little device to ventilate your shoes. The device was invented by Mr. E. J. Devlin of New- rk, and consists of a little perforated button which is made so that it will clip into a hole in the instep of the shoe like an eyelet. Into this screws a plug with a hole through the middle. By adjusting t he plug a greater or less quan- tity of air can be admitted, but at the same time water and dust are excluded. Air is drawn in and expelled at every step. The ex- terior portions of the device are colored to match the shoe.

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