doi:10.7916/d8-4db4-n728John Edward Purser's fire escape : being an extract from the report of Brig. Gen. J. Watts de Peyster, N.Y.S.M., military agent of the State of New York, to His Excellency, Horatio Seymour, 1st June 1853, and 27th April 1854De Peyster, J. Watts 1821-1907bookstextFire escapes.Lifesaving at fires.