Teen girl's poem tells story of fire that ravaged city. “NEW BERN IS SWEPT BY FIRE.” The city’s most devastating fire ever — 40 blocks leveled and more than 3,000 left homeless — was still smoldering when the newspaper hit the streets the next day with the basic facts. But many other stories would emerge from the horrendous blaze that miraculously claimed but one life. [LINK TO ARCHIVED SUN JOURNAL ARTICLE - DATED 12-01-07]

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