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A conversation between the Fire Marshall and the Common Council about the Fire Department's budget before the Chicago Fire of 1871. The conversation is based on testimony about the fire.
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AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT
A FREAK ACCIDENT
Chicago 1871
Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
UNDERPREPAREDWe’re
UNDERPREPAREDfor fighting fires in this city.
ALL THAT FOR A CITY THAT USUALLY ONLY HAS TWO FIRES A DAY,
16 4steam engine companies
6hose cartshook-and-ladder
companies
AND YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE?!
1hose elevator
YOU HAVE
ALL THAT FOR A CITY THAT USUALLY ONLY HAS TWO FIRES A DAY,
AND YOU THINK YOU NEED MORE?!
ChicagoCommon Council
193firemen.
2WE DO.
Williams
Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
EACH COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
SQUARE MILES,
WE DO.EACH COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
AND THE FIRE CODE IS BARELY ENFORCED.SQUARE MILES,
NOWe’re the
Chicago’s ever been.MOST PREPARED
NOChicago’s ever been.MOST PREPARED
ChicagoCommon Council
Fire Marshal Robert A. Williams
IF YOU SAY SO...
This book produced by Anna Shafer-Skelton for Information Design at the Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis in fall 2011.
Typefaces used include Abadi MT Condensed and Neutraface Slab.