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Rescued from Aqueduct fire (LOC)

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• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  In August 1913, three men were killed and 62 others trapped in a tunnel in Harlem, part of the Catskill Aqueduct, when a fire started in a blacksmith's shop at the head of the shaft. It was especially dangerous because 900 pounds of dynamite were stored in the tunnel. There was no light, no fresh air, and a lot of smoke, but eventually the trapped men were rescued.

• empty tent said:

  Big NY Times article here with lots of detail: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E00E...