The Sunderland calamity : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Dundee? : s.n.,
1883]
In one column.
In verse.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall poet'.
A poem concerning the 'Victoria Hall disaster' on 16th June, 1883 where 183 children were killed.
First lines read: 'Twas in the town of Sunderland, and in the year of 1883, / That about 200 children were launch'd into eternity.
English poetry
Disasters