Burning of Steamers on the Ohio River at Cincinnati May 17, 1869.

Traveling through fire—Fearful peril of a railway train, at Cedar Swamp, on the Eastern Railroad, Maine, Sunday, Sept. 17

A vain girl makes a fireman wait until she fixes her hair preferring to risk her life rather than appear in public not “made up’; New York.

A Fire in the Chicago Opera House creates a stampede among pretty actresses who rush to the street dishabille.