Mudcat Café message #1645602

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Thread #87928 Message #1645602
Posted By: Abby Sale
10-Jan-06 - 09:39 AM
Thread Name: happy? – Jan 10 (Milwaukee Fire)
Subject: happy? – Jan 10 (Milwaukee Fire)

January 10, 1883: The Milwaukee Fire


          'Twas the gray of early morning when the dreadful cry of "Fire!"
          Rang out upon the cold and piercing air.
          Just that little word alone was all it did require
          To send dismay and panic everywhere.
  
                  "The Milwaukee Fire" collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell, California, 1937