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Reports of fires from June20-July 18, 1888. Included also is a story from July 11 when a member of the Washington Hook and Ladder company found that someone had sabotaged their hose. The act was considered "dastardly."

Short mention of William Smith of Morris St. shot himself. He was a hatter and reported to be disabled without the ability to work. He left a wife and 3 children and was a veteran of the Civil War.

A short front page piece on an old Italian man that was attacked on Main St.

Report on the CT Legislature's approval of the the charter, a 10 minute Borough meeting and a dead infant found in White Pond.

A demonstration of Howard Stevens' temper. Weber was a Hungarian tailor at 19 Elm Street.

Danbury News articles announcing suspicious fires as they occur in 1889.

Jan 1, 1889
[Article title mostly missing from microfilm]
Two...Fires of an...Arrest Made.

Jan 4, 1889
A MYSTERIOUS FIRE. -- A BLAZE IN THE VILLAGE STORE LAST…

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