ere number of
people saved deserves the first place, as:

| More than 150 men and women were saved |
|from death today in a fire at 213-217 |
|Grand street by toboganning from the roof|
|of the burning structure on a board chute|
|to the roof of an adjoining five-story |
|building.--_New York Mail._ |

(b) _Manner of Rescue._--But more often the manner of their escape
interests us most. If a man slides down a rope for four stories to
escape death by fire we are more interested in how he saved himself than
in the fact that he didn't burn, and so we tell how he escaped, in the
first line. In the same way, if unusual means are used to save one or
more persons, the means of rescue is usually worth featuring. For
example:

| Overcoats used as life nets saved the |
|lives of a dozen women and children in a |
|fire of incendiary origin in the |
|three-story frame tenement house at 137 |
|Havemeyer avenue, Brooklyn, to-day, |
|etc.--_New York Mail._ |

=4. Property Threatened.=--Death and injury are the commonest unexpected
circumstances in fire stories, but they are not the only ones that may
be worth featuring. There is an inconceivable number of things that may
happen at a fire and overshadow all interest in the fire itself. A good
feature may be found in the property that is threatened. Often the fire
in itself is insignificant, but because of a high wind or other
circumstances it threatens to spread to neighboring buildings or to
devastate a large area. In such a case the amount of property threatened
or endangered deserves a place in the very first line, especially if it
exceeds the amount of property actually destroyed and if it can be put
in a striking way; _i. e._, the entire waterfront district, or
twenty-five dwelling houses, or $5,000,000 worth of property. When
contrasted with the small amount of damage actually done, the amount
that is threatened becomes more important. Thus:

| Fire that for a time threatened |
|$2,000,000 worth of property destroyed |
|$15,000 worth of lumber owned by the |
|Milwaukee Lumber Company, 725 Clinton |
|street, yesterday.... |
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