Peter Newell, The Hole Book, plate 17

	Mis' Silverman had built a fire And shovelled on some coal, When through the stove-pipe crashed the shot And made a gaping hole!

	The smoke in murky columns rose, The lady raised a shout; Then on the scene the firemen came, And put the lady out!

Peter Newell, The Hole Book, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1908, plate 17.

Online edition by Marco Graziosi, December 1999.
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