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In less than two minutes, the fire men came.
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Women result to jumping out windows to escape the fire. A reporter from the New York Herald recalls this event in an article
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Law students from an overlooking building use ladder left by painters to help survivors to safety
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the workers get ready to leave early on Friday at 4:45 pm
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At 4:40 the workers finish their work
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Though it was against the rules, workers would light cigarettes, someone put a live butt in a trash can causing smoke
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Workers flung water at the smoking trash can to stop the flames but it was to late
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At 4:45 someone pulled the eighth floor fire alarm.
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People rang for the elevator on the eight floor
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Exactly 35 minutes after the start of the fire, the flames are controlled and stopped