File:September 1875 aerial failure during FDNY demonstration.jpg

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Description Aerial failure during FDNY demonstration on September 14, 1875, at East Broadway and Canal Street in Manhattan. Three firefighters were killed: Williams Hughes, Phillip J. Maus, and Battalion Chief William H. Nash, a former Union Army sharpshooter. The original caption reads, "DEATH ON THE LADDER. SHOCKING CATASTROPHE IN RUTGERS SQUARE, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 14TH.—THREE FIREMEN INSTANTLY KILLED.—See Page 14."
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