"Fire escape" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the hall door, closing it tightly after them. They had far better have stayed in the apartment and have descended by the fire escape, but they thought of it too late. The hall door had locked behind them. The outer halls were black with smoke. People were rushing wildly up and down. The entrance leading to the roof was locked. The elevator boy called "last trip," and opened the iron ...
— Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson
... in combination with a fire escape having the hinged side, T, and the adjusting rod, S, substantially as ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various
... what you hangin' around here for?" demanded Spike, slipping the box into his pocket again. "What you doin' on our fire escape, hey?" ...
— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol
... which I regard as being more to her own credit than though she had been an artificial one. Her name was Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Le Normand d'Etioles, Marchioness de Pompadour, and her name is yet used by the authorities of Versailles as a fire escape, so I ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various
... closing it tightly after them. They had far better have stayed in the apartment and have descended by the fire escape, but they thought of it too late. The hall door had locked behind them. The outer halls were black with smoke. People were rushing wildly up and down. The entrance leading to the roof was locked. The elevator boy called "last trip," and opened the iron doors. Frightened women ...
— Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson |
