Dastardly Incendiarism.

Shreveport, La., Feb. 28. – An unsuccessful attempt was made by an incendiary, Monday night, to burn the boys’ hall of the Louisiana industrial school at Ruston, La. Piles of excelsior and shavings, saturated with kerosene, were fired under the building, and the timely discovery of the blaze by one of the occupants of the building prevented a conflagration which probably would have cost many lives. Eighty boys were asleep in the buildings at the time the attempt to burn the pace was made. A rigid investigation is being made.

Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, IL 28 Feb 1906
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