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  2. Joseph Winters - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Richard Winters (August 29, 1824 [1] – November 29, 1916) was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who, on May 7, 1878, received U.S. Patent number 203,517 for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder. On April 8, 1879, he received U.S. Patent number 214,224 for an improvement on the ladder.

  3. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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    Fire escape in Oulu Lower part of a fire escape in New York City. A fire escape consists of a number of horizontal platforms, one at each story of a building, with ladders or stairs connecting them. The platform and stairs usually consist of open steel gratings, to prevent the build-up of ice, snow, and leaves.

  4. John Morris and Sons Salford - Wikipedia

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    Ajax escape ladder, Chester Morris-Magirus turntable fire escape, Australia. At Salford Fire Engine Works, Manchester 5, John Morris and Sons manufactured: Fire engines—pump escapes— (until 1921?) Morris-Magirus turntable escapes (until the second world war) mounted on other brand heavy commercial vehicles

  5. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia

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    The remainder of the victims jumped to their deaths to escape the fire or were eventually overcome by smoke and flames. The fire department arrived quickly but was unable to stop the flames, as the department's ladders were long enough to reach only as high as the 7th floor. [1]

  6. Emergency exit - Wikipedia

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    A fire escape is a type of external emergency exit. Local building codes or building regulations often dictate the number of fire exits required for a building of a given size, including the number of stairwells. For any buildings bigger than a private house, modern codes invariably specify at least two sets of stairs, completely isolated from ...

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    Coffee beans are hitting record high prices not seen in nearly 50 years after difficult growing seasons among some of the world's top producing regions. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal ...

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