Farm Produce Fired in Devonshire: Two serious fires, believed to be the work of incendiaries, are reported from Devonshire. On Friday morning, about 8 o’clock, some ricks of corn, the property of Mr. Pinsent, of Ware Farm, near Kingsteignton, were discovered in flames. A strong breeze was blowing, and in a short time, thirteen ricks of wheat and two of oats were almost entirely destroyed; damage estimated at about £500: On the same day a fire broke out on the farmstead of Mr. Pollard, near Paignton. The flames were first seen in a rick containing about fifteen acres of wheat straw, and were soon communicated to two hayricks, the produce of thirty acres; and thence to a building 300 feet in length, used as a barn, and loose boxes for cattle; estimated value of property destroyed, £450 to £500.
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GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918