The True Story of
Our National Calamity
Of Flood, Fire and Tornado
The appalling loss of life, the terrible suffering
of the homeless, the struggles for safety, and
the noble heroism of those who risked life to
save loved ones; the unprecedented loss of
property, resulting in the laying waste of
flourishing cities and towns
How the Whole Nation Joined
in the Work of Relief
By LOGAN MARSHALL
AUTHOR OF
“THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC,” “THE UNIVERSAL
HANDBOOK,” “LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT.’
“THE STORY OF POLAR CONQUEST,”
“MARSHALL’S HANDY MANUAL,” Etc.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH
AUTHENTIC PHOTOGRAPHS
THE UNLEASED GODS
BY Percy Shaw
Iron and rock are our slaves;
We are liege to marble and steel;
We go our ways through our purse-proud days,
Lifting our voices in loud self-praise-
Forgetting the God at the wheel.
We build our bulwarks of stone,
Skyscraper and culvert and tower,
Till the God of Flood, keen-nosed for blood,
Drags our monuments into the mud
In the space of a red-eyed hour.
Kings of the oceans are we,
With our liners of rocket speed;
Till the God of Ice, in mist-filled trice,
Calls to us harshly to pay his price
As we sink to the deep-sea weed.
Muscle and brain are our slaves;
We are liege to iron and steel;
But who shall say, tomorrow, today,
That we shall not halt on our onward way
To bow to the God at the wheel?
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