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fortunately, a calamity that at one period seemed imminent was averted by the energetic exertions of the master and officers, who, efficiently assisted by the members of the board and the vigorous co-operation of ! the able-bodied inmates, succeeded in keeping the ! flames from reaching the main portion of .he building, and, akhough the vagrant ward could not be saved, extinguished the fire without casualty to life rlt;r limb. It is deplorable to have to add that an incendiary’s hand perpetrated this diabolical attempt to destroy the building. A girl, name! Elizabeth Ilenley, lodged in the vagrant ward by the master as a punishment for an infraction of discipline, was seen to ignite the straw with a [ lucifer match, and, upon being apprehended, made on attempt to deny the act, but fully and impudently avowed her malicious intention, in which she apparently gloried. She was given into custody of the police.
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London South Advertiser
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, May 02, 1863
Page 5
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