Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1908 — Morocco Fire is of Incendiary Origin [ARTICLE]

Morocco Fire is of Incendiary Origin

The origin of the fire es conge is unknown, owing to the fact that there were no eye witnesses to the breaking out, but those who first saw it declare that fire was evident in two different rooms apart from each other and gave indications of coal oil origin. Also that the only chimney in that part es the bnilding was not being used at all, consequently could hot have started from that. It is then almost an as sqred foot that it was of incendiary origin and was set, in the face of a high wind for the direct purpose of wiping out the town. We dislike to believe this but to the face of evidence we can not help bat consider it true. The above is au extract from the Morocco Courier account of the fire.