A dastardly attempt
to burn the residence of Isaac Kitchen, Esq., was made early last
Wednesday morning.
About half past one,
as Ernest Culver was returning home from his work in Brown's mill, he
discovered that Mr. Kitchen's residence was on fire.
He
aroused Mr. Davis, who lives opposite and they put the first out.
The
window casing and the frame of a door were blazing up. It was found that
coal oil and a quantity of waste had been placed inside of a window and
set on fire.
Mr.
Kitchen and his family were in sound sleep, and had not the fire been
discovered they might had been burned to death.
The
numerous fires that have occurred in that part of the town show that a
demon is at large, and every effort should be made to bring him to
justice. -- Simcoe Canadian
