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FROM THE ARCHIVE1855·New York, New York

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT: WAREHOUSE COLLAPSE

Scanned from Frank Leslie'S Illustrated Newspaper, 1855
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT: WAREHOUSE COLLAPSE
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FRANK LESLIES ILLUSTRATE D NEWSPAPER hen 31 1859 TERRIBLE ACCIDENTFALLING OF A WAREHOUSE IN BBOAD STREET NEW YORK ON TUESDAY DEC BEE PAGE 75 20FROM A SKETCH BY OUR OWN ARTIST THE HOLIDAYS AT HAND D W EVANS CO THE No PIONEER 677 GIT BROAD BOOK WAY STORE New York THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED GIFTBOOK HOUSE A GIFT WITH EVERY BOOK Worth from 50 cts to 100 GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS Elegantly bound and illustrated works the largest selection ever offered for gale are now on exhibition at the Pioneer Gift Book Store Holiday Catalogues are now ready in 16mo form published expressly for the Holiday trade containing full descriptions of every work of elegance and art and of all the popular juvenile works for youth and the little ones furnished gratis to all on ap plication Remember that in purchasing of us all books are sold at the regular rates aside from which without extra charge an elegant present accompanies every pur chase at the time of sale often a hundred fold for the original investment Persons residing at a distance from the city can be fur nished with Catalogues on application and may rely on having their.

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