The Meaning of "BACKLOG" it's fire related ;)

Backlog
As told by Sarah (Burlend) Allen
It was grandmother Sarah Allen who told the tale. It was a long time ago, because Grandmother Allen died the year of the Chicago World's Fair. Grandmother Allen was one of the English Burlends. She came, a wee slip of a girl, in the steerage of a slow sailing ship to America in the fall...​