Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — Nobody Seew Escape. [ARTICLE]

Nobody Seew Escape.

The latest invention in Are escapes for residences is being put into one of the houses building in Fifth avenue, New York. The casual observer knows nothing About it, for it is in the middle of the house. A contractor thus describes it: "We are building a sheet iron shaft in the center of the house from the top floor to the basement The walls are half an inch thick and so are the doors which open on each floor. There is a spiral stairway of Iron, which can be reached from- any floor. From the basement a tunnel of iron runs out to the street The whole thing is absolutely fireproof and the invention is going to take where the builders have plenty of money and do not want to spoil the outward appearance of the bouse.”