Deseret Evening News | 1905-09-19 | Page 1 | Mysterious Fire in Three Forts Protecting N. Y. Harbor

MYSTERIOUS FIRES FIES III W THREE FORTS PROTECTING NY HARBOR Have Occurred in I Fort rort Hamilton Fort Wadsworth and Iud Fort Fort Re Regarded AS lS Suspicious New Neus ew York toik Sept Sepi l If 1 flees Ires tre In tn three of ot Ih the forts ort protecting New York harbor within the last host two tuo month ral caused cl the military au ho ni of oC the e of or the ea cart elut t lu much h concern Two fw of oC Iho ihu fires Ires have been heen at Mt one une on th the night of ot Jul July 17 1 and the tue test last Friday ridy night On Ou the tho Ihl same ame night In iii II July of ot the thc tire lre at atI I Knit olt Hamilton Hamiton there wax una a ls lire flee I fort ort adworth The lr at latest II lire nrc we was I at I Fort ort on 01 the DI Id I In is Inland land In II th tho sound Sunday night In lii each cach ca cue cape t there have havo suspicious Ious cious 01 rel 1 I I II concerning on the orl Kin tn of ot th the tires fires hospitals anti and even hi big siege guns have hap be hen been n destroyed did and ant damaged In thae hires despite Ih tIle the most tRot Iii not nothing h Rig U is I known definitely 1 AS to 10 how I the ho Ores fires frel started The officers In iii 11 command of o 1 Foil Sio Slocum own cum regard the fire on 01 Sunday night as aN RI suspicious and R a I court of ot Inquiry has haM been ord to make ben an Investigation gation aton atonI It I I Is ha likely that an all al win wIll wi be ha hl made h by the commanding of oC the department of or Ih the east elt Cen Oel en Fr Fred I n Irani Orant to 10 see ace 11 whether III Ih this nr Ar In th the thice forts tori had In May connection with each other or oi O resulted from rom a Ir pre prearranged arranged plan