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580 - The 1835 New York City Fire

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Importance of Watching for Fires in a Wild Place

There were so many fires in the city. They had a guy 24 seven up in the cupula there on top of a city hall. Watching for fire? Yeah, like the way today, like around here. Like a prairie dog. There's just some dude. That's what they did. He would just keep watch for fires. And if there's a fire, then he'd ring the bell that's in the little bell power thing. But it's very difficult. I do this every I barbecue pigs every day at the same time. Sorry, Ted. Every time I start popping on the paper, we gotFire. We got a fire. Oh, what are you doing

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