THE DECADES OF HISTORY March 30, 2007 PART TWO OF THE DALLES CHRONICLE'S TEN-PART SERIES. ARSONIST TORCHES THE RINK THE RINK - On last Sunday morning at about 2 o'clock, an attempt was made to destroy the Rink by fire. The incendiary placed a pile of combustible material against the rear portion of the building and set fire to it. Mr. Whitmore, who lives in the neighborhood, got out of bed about this time to attend to one of his children, and on looking out of the window discovered the fire. He immediately gave the alarm and ran to the Rink, and bursting open the front door rushed in, where he found a bucket of water, which he dashed upon the flames. This had a tendence [sic] to check it and after applying a few more buckets of water the fire was put out. Had Mr. Whitmore been a few minutes later the entire building would undoubtedly have been consumed with those adjoining. The damage done to the Rink amounted to about twenty dollars. We are informed that our City Marshal has some clue as to who the incendiary is. He is supposed to be the same person who set fire to Waldron Bros' building adjoining their drug store, about two years ago. We have no idea who the suspected party is, but should he be caught in the act on his next attempt, we hope some one will shoot the top of his head off. February 28, 1874. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program