Smyrna times., 1926-08-11
[IfIfl FIRE ALARM TAKES
|I|IIl ||II RRENEN TO HARTLY
.nroINING RESIDENCE
FtS S,oITER POORE, ABLAzE
,nisbed However BY Time
nlns ncln,s"auies Arrived-Smyrna
|Ert lOnpI norar Eiremen There

II r,nnanleS ArrIfeu
n ~ ~ Doyer Firemen There
lp'u, larn, If fire sounded shortly
III. ~, oclock Saturday morning,
'als' n Smvrna Firemen and their
" s,otber fire at Hartly. Clay
y navsr Hn fra companies also re-
Y Tbis time it was the large
" IT, building Of Kent County
linn Inn William H. Poore, one Of
Ias.'r5 N prominent citizens Of Kent
Y. i Main street, opposite the
nsrer Trust Company,s build
4, III Davis, wife Of Robert Da-
..sisr III Of the trust company,
]. some i opposite the Poore
Il ar ! fash Of light in the build
a Immediately aroused her hus-
/ : Il secured his revolver and
h, ,rav with a volley aimed to-
h Il store, hoping that if the fire
| ge anywhere in the vicinity
III tbe bullets would strike him.
htIade was unsuccessful, how
i. N no trace Of anyone could be
L md there was nothing to indi-
| nTone had been hit.
L. Of Fire Bug Stirs Citizens
BoIdness of this latest outrage
1, uromaniac has stirred the
rs Of Hartly, and, in fact, of
fEent county, more than any of
wgOus depredations. The blaze
Syrered in the front of the
\ where a piece of weatherboard-
hd been torn off and the torch
h. A large bread box had been
n IN front of it to shield the
II
|. % It could get a good start and
|ng make it harder to save the
[Eg The timely discovery by
| Davis, however, frustrated the
/ Of the incendiary. The shots
|N the whole town and people
h to the scene and fought the
! eztnguishing it before the in
b of the store could become ig-
! Smyrna, Clayton and Dover
Innies were called but when they
I'D the fire was out. The loss to
property will be about $500. The
had been occupied until a few
/ ago by 7. R. Knots who had
y the larger part Of his stock to
iag store in the town and what
LEFT in the store house were
e not badly needed at the new
4 Because Of this fact, it is the
lm q the Hartly people that it
not NJ. KnOtts that the fire bug
stsr, but the destruction of the
+ properly.
4 Bottle With InflamabIe Liquid
I. FOore, in searching around the
lllhg after the fire found a bottle
/ some sort Of liquid in it and with
'.sltly no smell. To test what it
n |, Oer small quantity of the
vas placed on a hitching post
match applied, causing a flare
y / is believed that it is this
|, = !, llsuld that has been applied
Ne buildings in Hartly by the
w ne Is keeping the sample
y y analyzed. The end of the
sore set on fire is but a few
nom the residence of E. C. Daly
: occupants were much concern
. we nre. Residents of Hartly
Aag every effort to catch the
| I F'sOn but are about discourage
y manner in which he has been
mem They are now arrang-
.0lG a carnival next month to
4. ''1ds ! with which to buy a fire
4 J. eashler Davis said any funds
" NE not living in the town to-
~ i. lfe engine will be grateful
N. pT5saTay T9 Officer Investigates
n N !. Highway Officer Conrad was
/ y. nartly Saturday morning
II N !, an Investigation. The Poorc
\. heated on the state highway
|Ae,s onck pavement in front Of
! I'M n /. no clues were to be picked
~ 4 shape Of footprints about ptstbe M
I'm, 70 one was seen about the
'nen fames were discovered.
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