Mudcat Café message #1620353

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Thread #86952 Message #1620353
Posted By: Abby Sale
05-Dec-05 - 09:12 AM
Thread Name: happy? – Dec 5 (Brooklyn Theatre fire)
Subject: happy? – Dec 5 (Brooklyn Theatre fire)

On 12/5/1876

295 people die in a fire at "The Brooklyn Theatre"


          Hark, do you hear the cry, "Fire"?
          How dismal the bells they do sound.
          The Brooklyn Theater is burning,
          It's fast burning down to the ground.
  
                  "The Brooklyn Theatre Fire," See the Ballad Index
                  and/or DigTrad filename[ BRKLYNFR