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...National Maritime Union, International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, American Communications Association, Inlandboatmen's Union, Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, and Pacific Coast Marine Firemen, Oilers, Water-tenders & Wipers Association (independent...
...Firemen called ceaselessly above the roar of engines and the throb of the pumps: "Don't jump! Don't jump!" A latticework of ladders rose into the searchlight beams which roamed the building's face. Seven more people felt the terror, escaped the heat by diving and dying...
Meanwhile pipemen fought into the flaming lobby with battering streams of water. They edged into the heart of the fire, heads down, coughing, while other firemen in the rear sent protective streams cascading over them. The fire-apparently started by a short circuit in a false ceiling above the Silver Lounge-died) almost as abruptly as it began. In half an hour the blackened, sodden lobby was free of flame...
...Heroes. But there was still heat, smoke and fearful confusion upstairs. Firemen worked until they dropped in dark, furniture-cluttered labyrinths. Nameless heroes appeared. A tall, well-dressed man knocked on scores of doors, chatted coolly and politely, led the terrified to safety. A sailor roamed the smoking corridors knocking out fear-maddened men, dragging them limply to fire escapes. And there were more furtive figures-looters moved in the confusion, rifling suitcases and running their hands carefully over the dead...
...street firemen coiled hoses, took down ladders. Morning traffic began to flow. From across the street the La Salle looked undamaged; only a few sheets dangling limply from windows recalled the nightmare...