Ohio Prison Fire

DESCRIPTION: "Locked in the cells of a prison, A prison much too small, Convicts jammed and crowded Within that cold grey wall." When fire strikes, the guards react slowly. Many die. The singer laments, "God doesn't want even convicts To die like rats in a hole."
AUTHOR: Carson J. Robison
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (recording, Carson J. Robison)
KEYWORDS: prison fire disaster death
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Apr 21, 1930 - The Columbus Prison fire.
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 404, "Ohio Prison Fire" (1 text)
RECORDINGS:
Carson J. Robison, "Ohio Prison Fire" (Columbia 15548-D, 1930)
NOTES [24 words]: There is a book about this event, Mitchel P. Roth, Fire in the Big House: America's Deadliest Prison Disaster, Ohio University Press, 2019. - RBW
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