Lines on the Great Calamity at Lawrence and the Fall of the Pemberton Mills, Jan. 10, 1860
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A single-page printed broadside poem commemorating the collapse of the Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on January 10, 1860. Rhymed by O. K. Yates to the air "Major's Only Son," the verses describe the mill workers at their looms, the falling walls, the rescue efforts, the fire that followed, and the grief of survivors and families. It closes with a moral admonition.
- Type
- Ephemera
- Date
- 1860
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Archive notes
- From Library of Congress. Reduced to 95% to fit on page
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