Bristol Phoenix in Bristol, Rhode Island

Fire confession ties Concord blaze to artist nephew

Augustus Greenough, nephew of the artist and noted religious zealot, admits setting the serious Saturday night fire in Concord New Hampshire. A Worcester man claims to have built the world’s smallest steam engine with a three drop boiler and minuscule components. The Lighthouse Board reports a new twelve inch steam whistle at Race Point Light Station to sound in thick weather. The War Department plans to send the first gun fired in the rebellion to West Point as a trophy from the Ordnance Bureau.