Fire Escape.
Description:
Patent for a new and improved fire escape. This design "is to provide a fire-escape consisting, essentially, of a cushion adapted to receive and break the fall of persons jumping from a burning building, the said cushion being so constructed as to enable it to be folded to a convenient and portable size" (lines 8-14).
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Simon, Jacob Peter
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department