Good morning –
It’s a day of afternoon showers ahead for Whitewater, with a high temperature in the mid-fifties.
Today at 9 AM, a genuine and special treat, no tricks involved – the premiere here on FW of Deo Gracias Anglia from Ben Sommer’s second album, Super Brain.
It’s Halloween season, and on Halloween morning 10/31, I’ll offer FW’s Boo! Scariest Things in Whitewater (2011), a fifth edition. This year, time for expansion, too: I’ve had requests for a Wisconsin or national version of the list, and so the Whitewater edition will have a companion this year.
The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a Milwaukee tragedy, on this day in 1892:
Disastrous Fire in Milwaukee’s Third Ward
On this date an exploding oil barrel started a small fire in Milwaukee. It spread rapidly and by morning four people had died, 440 buildings were destroyed, and more than 1,900 people in the Irish neighborhood were left homeless. It was the most disastrous fire in Milwaukee’s history.[Source: Historic Third Ward]