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ruti: o ti kniuv noKMSG.olAbout '2 o'dw k on Tuesday morning,1st inst., lire was discovered in the liter) stable of Fred. Fickert, on Main street, about 100 yards below the Clt;n mi it office.It being a holiday, all the people hud not retired, and some one passing through the street discovered the tire and gave the alarm, when our citizens repaired to the i 1 scene of the conflagration. It seeias that j 11 tire was get to some loose hay in the back J [ end of the stable, and soon communicated j to the building. When the fire was dis- ; covered, it had such headway as to he be- 'Vvond control. The horses in the stable ;I Iwere cut loose and driven out. and a small• ilCquantity of grain, some saddles, bridles, !etc , were saved. The building was en- ■ (ti rely consumed.Ajdoining the stable on the north stood the saloon of H. *.t ('. I'ockweiler, winch was only saved by the untiring exertions of the citizens. On the opposite side of the street the buildings were not much endangered. To the south of the stable and within about five feet of it, w?ns the dwelling house of Mr Fickert, which caught fire two or three times, but each time was extinguished, and thus a most destructive conflagration was prevented Mr.Fickert’s furniture was considerably damaged in the necessarily hurried manner in which it was removed. Besides the loss of his stable and the injuries to his dwelling, Mr. FLekart had §440 in coin and §b0 in currency laid away to meet a demand about becoming due, which was stolen by some villain while the furniture was being removed. Mr Fiekert’s total loss is not far from §2 000; yet, like an industrious, I persevering man. he has gone to work to ' lt;re-build his stable and take a fresh start- ; lt;The late heavy rains left buildings in a ! i less eombustable condition than they would ; 1 otherwise have been, and on the night of l Ii 1j the fire the atmosphere was damp and j humid, and there was little or no wind.The fire was undoubtedly the work of j an inoendiary. The lights in the stable had all been extinguished abont 10 o'clock :| on the previous evening, and as it is not j 1 likely that the fire could have been caused ! 1 by sparks from any building near by, the only logical conclusion is that the building j was set on fire designedly. Another reason for the opinion that, the late fire was the work of on incendiary is the fact that only a few hours before an attempt was 1 made to fire a Chinaman's house nearly j opposite the stable. It seems a lighted candle was leaned up against the side of j the house, and had set fire to the weather- | hoarding when discovered, but was extinguished without creating a general alarm.
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Havilah Weekly Courier
Havilah, California, US
Sat, Jan 05, 1867
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