| Notes: | Bury Free Press
1 January 1888, page 9
NORTH LOPHAM.
FIRE. - This village was alarmed on Monday night last, about nine o’clock, by an alarm of fire which broke out in barley stack standing with two others in a field abutting on North Lopham street, near the blacksmiths’ shop, belonging to Mr. Thos. Womack, of the Park Farm. There was plenty of water in the pit close by, and many willing hands soon got to work to extinguish the fire. They sent for the Kenninghall engine, but through some mismanagement they could not get any horses, so they had to send to Mr. Womack for them. Much valuable time was thus lost. The stack consumed contained about 80 coombs of barley, which was insured. There is no doubt the fire was work of an incendiary. |
