Firemen with water hose pipes try to stop fire at huge tank house in Chicago, Illinois. Smoke comes out as the fire stops. People see.
A Texas man during his round-the-world walking tour is seen in Chicago, Illinois. Plennie Wingo, of Abilene, Texas, is seen walking "around the world" in reverse. Views of Mr. Wingo walking backward across busy street intersections filled with pedestrian and vehicle traffic in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Wingo has a sign on his back describing his stunt. He is seen walking backwards up the stairs of a city building. He then removes his hat and glasses and shows the eyeglasses which have small mirrors on the sides to give him a view walking backwards.
People at railroad tracks after a blast at Drainage Canal tunnel in Chicago, Illinois. Vast crowd gather to see. Trapped firemen and workers saved by rescue workers by means of buckets similar to that used in mine shafts. Smoke rises from a building.
Firemen and civilians gather around and try to extinguish fire on a building in Chicago, Illinois. A priest Reverent Matthew Canning, who also conducted a personnel fight drive against gangsters in his parish, near the building talks with fireman. Firemen accompanied by priest, search for dead bodies and survivors in the fuming rubble of the building.
Huge crowd seen in front of the court house to get a look of Alphonse Gabriel Capone in Chicago in Illinois. The mafia gangster was brought to trial in the court house.
Huge crowd seen in front of court house to get a look at Alphonse Gabriel Capone in Chicago in Illinois. Al Capone going up steps of courthouse and then coming back down after sentencing. A man holds a copy of the Chicago Daily News, which displays the headline reads 'Al Capone gets 11 years'. Exterior view of Cook County Prison in Illinois. Closeup of the bars on the window of the prison cell where Capone is being held during appeal.