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...long the citizens of Montreal walked delicately as Agag, never knowing what lay beneath their feet. For the violence of the explosions, injuries were surprisingly slight. No one was killed, only 20 injured. In twelve city blocks not a whole window pane remained. Heat from flaming sewers was unbearable. One three-story house was blown to bits. Three of the inmates were blown clear into the street, four more were dug out of the cellar...
...York Stock Exchange and the little grey banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., is Continental Bank & Trust Co. of New York. One busy day last week a bold thief strolled into Continental Bank and purloined $500,000 in Government bonds from behind a teller's window. Police and bank officials advanced the startling theory that the thief had fished the bonds out through the grating while the teller was not looking, using a stick with chewing...
...plenty, but I manage to breathe by occasionally going to the window...
...Well, the firemen have just put a ladder to my window. I'm glad to know it's there in case I need...
...crews of workmen of different types at work about the buildings, which reach, as a whole, at their peak, to over 300. This includes 90 to 110 men on the grounds crew, 70 to 100 painters, and 50 to 100 carpenters, as well as many other specialists, such as window washers and chimney cleaners...