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Description of the Hull and Rogers fire
35 fires since the founding of the City between April and August.
Two short satirical pieces - one on Mayor Hopkins and the other on Captain Keating
From a story on the Firebug investigation, 1889.
A short summary of the ruling from the section on rewards.
Detail from Sandborn Fire Map 1892
Two short articles from the Danbury News regarding the activities of the Order of United American Mechanics, a nativist group which had an office in Danbury.
Description of the aftermath of the fire and a mention that Mayor Hopkins would be going on vacation.
Nearly a full page article on what the headline claims is the most serious fire in the history of Danbury. The origin of the fire is not stated and is not attributed to the "Fire Bug."