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Fire-bugs At Work

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
November
Year
1887
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Caieo, HL, Nov. 22.- Thirty-four buildings, ooveriug four squares, were destroyed by re yesterday morning at Mound City, two hotels and the Mound City Patriot newspnper office being anion? the number. The loss is estitnated at $(0,000; insuranoe about 40,000, $15,000 bolnff insure 1 with the Cairo agencies of H. H. Candae and Yocum &. Co. The tire origiuated in the Lawler House, and the high wimls soon spread it broadcaat A negro boy, aged 20, named John Huiison, was arresLed and put in jaü charged wiüi setting the Lawler House on lire, and threats of lynchin? him are heard. The disaster uluans out the very lieart of the city.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register