A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > New York http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=708 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=46234 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Mackenzie’s Gazette Article Date: May 12 1838 Article Description: Prison Inmate Sets Fire Article Text: Prison Inmate Sets Fire Perth, April 20. Joseph DUGGAN, who was committed to prison on the 8th of January last, charged with the murder of a child in Fitzroy, attempted to destroy the gaol [jail] by fire on the morning of Tuesday last at about 2 o’clock. Had it not been for the chirping of some canary birds, who were suffering with the smoke, and which disturbed the gaoler from his rest, in all probability, the whole building would have been consumed. Courier. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com