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THREE men, Niles Benson, Thomas Stafford and C. W. Bowker, are under arrest for incendiarism at South Royalston, Mass. An inquest on several incendiary fires at Malden, Mass., is now being held, and two men are in jail at Boston for setting fire to a furniture factory in that city a short time ago.
THE lack of water in Savannah, Ga., is causing serious inconvenience. At a recent fire it was found to be impossible for more than one stream to do effective work. When the present water-works were established, a stream could be thrown from a hydrant fifty feet; now it will not go over ten. Bath-rooms on the second floors of houses have become useless because the pressure on the mains is insufficient to force water to that height. Look out for a big fire in Savannah before long.
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