Ah, so that's where the Women's Writing Lounge is!
What were those two ladies actually up to? The matinee was well on its way when the blaze started. What was so engrossing that the various shouts of alarm and activity from the fire department across the way would be ignored? As these questions flit across your mind, some peices of paper flutter down and you grab those – no need to let litter mar this city-scape. But what are these, now?
Seems just some notes about committee meetings and a petition – from 1890! Could this have been what the ladies were occupied with? perhaps lingering to ensure these papers were secured? You put the scraps away and focus on the bigger sheet –
The final scrap of paper turns out to resemble a map of the area – from the 1920's it seems.
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