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SAY IT WAS INCENDIARY.Three Buildings at the Tulalip Indian AgencyweneiSoDestroyed. onm*eelaglt;011we50forIh*(Kverett, March 31.—A disastrous fire. mip|K»M*«lly of incendiary origin, occurred at theTulalip Indian reservationbetween A and 5 o'clock a. m. resulting in the destruction of the girls’ dormitory and recitation room, the kitchen and laundry, and tin* old Catholic church. No! definite estimate of the loss in obtainable here, but it will go into the thousands of dollars. The suspicion of incendiarism is founded on the fact that a quantity of 'ir rags and burlap hags saturated with kerosene oil was found burning under the residence of hr. Buchanan, the agent and superintendent ot tin* school, and also in the bova* dormitory and school | cot rooms, unignited. lr. Buchanan discovered the flames under his residence and extinguished them before any damage was done. It ap|H*ars to have been the intenti m of the incendiaries to make a clean sweep, insomuch as an attempt was made to burn all the huildiugs, hut j ** for some reason unknown the kerosene- tin saturated rays on the |*orch of the laws’ ! dormitory were not burned, ami Dr. I*1 Buchanan's residence was saved as above stated.naStiA1LemiIelarI a WUtAT CHQ QOIITM APRIPA
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Friday Harbor San Juan Islander
Friday Harbor, Washington, US
Thu, Apr 03, 1902
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