Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
1875 - FIRE IN WOONSOCKET, R. I.

About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to burn the mansion of George C. Bolton, in Woonsocket, R. I. A wood-box saturated with kerosene-oil was set on fire, but the smoke awakened a servant girl and the fire was extinguished. An hour later an incendiary fire broke out in the Woonsocket High-school house, which was entirely destroyed, together with valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus, books, three pianos, &c. The building cost $14,000, and with the contents was valued at $30,000; insured for $7,000 only equally divided between the Providence Mutual and Pawtucket Mutual Insurance offices. The townspeople are greatly excited over these incendiary fires following the one yesterday. The Woonsocket Town Council offer a reward of $500 for the detection of the incendiaries. Provision had been already made for the temporary accommodation of the high school.

The New York Times
New York, New York
October 17, 1875

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