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Popular Science Monthly 



1 Ser\', 



This mass of debris is the result of a 

 huge chimney crashing through factory roof 



Chimney Crashes Through Three 

 Floors of a Factory 



WEAKENED by a terrific gale, a 

 three by four-foot brick chimney 

 towering above the roof 

 of a box factory at Lynn, 

 Mass., suddenly fell and 

 crashed through three 

 floors of the building, 

 killing three of the 

 employees and injur- 

 ing others. Several 

 persons were carried 

 down with the fall- 

 ing brick and timber 

 to the floors below. 

 Others sitting quietly 

 at work suddenly saw 

 a great hole open be- 

 fore their eyes, into 

 which their compan- 

 ions and machines van- 

 ished. 



There were many 

 narrow escapes from 

 injury and death, 

 and amid the excite 

 ment women had to 



Air expelled through this shoe ven 

 tilator blows out lighted match 



be restrained from jumping from windows. 

 Firemen, police and physicians came 

 promptly to the scene and did heroic 

 work. It was fortunate that no fire oc- 

 cured, since the stiff gale from the harbor 

 would have spread the flames rapidly. 



One of the suggestions resulting from 

 the catastrophe is that there should be a 

 physicians' call sounded through the 

 fire-alarm system in an emergency of 

 this character. A pre-arranged signal, 

 it is thought, would bring a corps of 

 doctors quickly to the scene and hasten 

 the rescue and relief work. 



This is really a most serious question 

 Everybody has read of the dreadful holo 

 causts that happen every now and then 

 in different parts of the country. Hov,' 

 often it goes like this: "Several physicians 

 were soon on the spot and worked hero- 

 ically at their work of mercy until far 

 into the night. It was pitiful to hear the 

 groans of the injured who could not be 

 aided immediately oudng to the few 

 doctors who were available to carry on 

 the work." 



Are You Stifling Your Feet? Let 

 Them Breathe 



SUPPLY air to the feet and foot ills 

 would vanish is the belief of a New 

 Jersey manufacturing company. To 

 prove its point it has introduced 

 a little device to ventilate your 

 shoes. The device was invented 

 by Mr. E. J. Devlin of New- 

 rk, and consists of a 

 little perforated button 

 which is made so that 

 it will clip into a hole 

 in the instep of the 

 shoe like an eyelet. 

 Into this screws a 

 plug with a hole 

 through the middle. 

 By adjusting t he plug 

 a greater or less quan- 

 tity of air can be 

 admitted, but at the 

 same time water and 

 dust are excluded. Air 

 is drawn in and expelled 

 at every step. The ex- 

 terior portions of the 

 device are colored to 

 match the shoe. 



