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The cutters had finished their work.
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Someone lit a cigarette and threw it in the trash bin.
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Someone puled the eighth floor fire alarm.
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Two horse-drawn vehicles of the Engine Company arrived from a fire house six blocks away.
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Workers on the eighth floor rang furiously for the two-passenger elevator t get safely to the ground.
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Workers, shouting, crying, and gasping for air, slowly made their way downstairs.
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On the ninth floor, embers landed on piles of finished shirtwaists and cans of oil that used to make the machines run smoothly.
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Although help was on the way, panic was every where. It was every man for himself, some even made life or death decisions.
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Hook and ladder Company came to help, although it was to late for many.
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The firefighters brought the wild flame to control.