Damn the old tinderbox! : Milwaukee's palace of the West and the fire that defined an era /

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"The burning of Milwaukee's Newhall House hotel was one of the most sensational disasters of the Gilded Age. The fire started in the house elevator shaft, leveling the building - once the tallest in the nation - in just over an hour. The Newhall overnight staff spend nearly ten minutes try...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Prigge, Matthew J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2019]
Sujets:
Newhall House (Milwaukee, Wis.) > Fire, 1883.
1800-1899
Hotels > Fires and fire prevention > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 19th century.
Fires > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 19th century.
Incendies > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Fires
Hotels > Fires and fire prevention
Milwaukee (Wis.) > History > 19th century.
Wisconsin > Milwaukee
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • A crown for the Queen of the West
  • Stubborn faith
  • Burn a man up without giving him a chance
  • Hell itself
  • End times
  • Recovery
  • The will of mine enemies
  • The people vs. Scheller
  • How to survive a fire.

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