Calamity in London : Family of ten burned to death (Composed, January 1898). A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1898?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: 'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the night of Christmas day, / That ten persons' lives were taken away, / By a destructive fire in London, at No. 9 Dixie Street, / Alas! so great was the fire, the victims couldn't retreat.
English poetry
Fires