INCENDIARY FIRE

On the evening of the 30th October a fire broke out in Burton Lattimer, by which barley and oats, the produce of 17 acres of land, were consumed. The grain belonged to a person of Northampton, in the name of Houghton, and no doubt is entertained respecting the fire having been the act of an incendiary.

Northampton Mercury 10 November 1848

THE BURTON LATTIMER FIRE

To the Editor of the Northampton Mercury. In reference to the paragraph in last week's Paper relative to the fire at Burton Lattimer, allow me to state that the Secretary of the Birmingham Fire Office, in which the property was insured, personally investigated the affair on the spot, and has fully satisfied himself that the fire was accidental, and occasioned by the rick being made up before the barley was thoroughly dry.
Trusting this statement may allay any apprehension that incendiarism has appeared in the neighbourhood,
I am, respectfully, G. HESTER, Agent to the Birmingham Fire Office.

Northampton, 11th mo., 8th, 1849