{"product_id":"oth507-the-fall-river-disaster-granite-mill-fire-frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper-1874-genuine-antique-print","title":"1874 - The Fall River Disaster (Granite Mill Fire) - Genuine Antique Print","description":"Item number: OTH507\u003c!-- split --\u003eGenuine Antique Print\u003cp\u003e1874\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Maker: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntique black and white double page of prints from the October 3, 1874 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper showing five engraved illustrations, sketched by E. R. Morse, of the tragic Granite Mill fire which destroyed the original Granite Mill No. 1 in Fall River, Massachusetts, on September 19th, 1874. The left page is captioned, \"The Fall River Disaster.-Great Fire and Loss of Life in the Print Works, Granite Mill No. 1, Fall River, Mass., September 19th- Finding The Bodies of the Victims.\" The right page is oriented perpendicular to the left page and has four views of tragic scenes, captioned, \"The Children at the Elevator, Fifth Story ,\" \"Parent Carrying Home Their Wounded Children,\" \"The Leap for Life-Breaking The Fall\" (showing rescuers attempting to catch a child that has jumped from one of the windows in what looks like a blanket,) and \"Between Life and Death- An Operative Descending The Rope.\" The fire ultimately killed 23 people, most of them children, and wounded many others. As a result of this tragedy, mills were subsequently built with flat roofs, due to the difficulty firefighters faced in their attempt to put out the flames from the sloped roof of Granite Mill No. 1. Good to very good antique condition with mild toning of the paper throughout, some minor spots of foxing\/soiling, and some very minor wrinkling of the paper, as well as some mild tears and minor paper loss along the center fold where the newspaper was originally stitched together. Center fold, as issued. Page measures approximately 16.5\" x 23\" overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenuine Antique Print from 1874\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItem Number: OTH507\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"To Price\/To Photo File","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865881456894,"sku":"OTH507","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/4332\/5124\/files\/OTH507-Genuine-Antique-Print-The-Fall-River-Disaster-Granite-Mill-Fire-1874-Frank-Leslies-Illustrated-Newspaper-Maps-Of-Antiquity-old-historic-vintage.jpg?v=1788543123","url":"https:\/\/mapsofantiquity.com\/products\/oth507-the-fall-river-disaster-granite-mill-fire-frank-leslies-illustrated-newspaper-1874-genuine-antique-print","provider":"Maps of Antiquity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}