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Burlington Weekly Free Press
Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont
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Four incendiary fires broke out in Moscow on Saturday night, attributed to Nihilists using a new combustible to terrorize the population. Officials believe this arson campaign is safer for perpetrators than murder and equally effective in spreading fear, leaving householders in nightly terror.
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Four Incendiary Fires--A New Terrorizing Movement by the Nihilists.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.--Four incendiary fires occurred in Moscow on Saturday night. They were all started in such places that the wind would invariably carry the flames over a large area. The buildings selected for destruction were mostly warehouses filled with dry goods and furs. The officials are convinced that this wholesale arson is a new terrorizing movement by the nihilists, and that they have invented some new combustible which will spread fire quickly. The police say the nihilists have adopted this new plan because it is attended with less danger to culprits than their old plan of murder, and is equally effective in spreading terror among the people. The householders of Moscow are in nightly terror. Many families appoint one member to watch all night.
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Moscow
Event Date
Saturday Night
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no casualties reported; widespread terror among moscow householders, new nihilist tactic of arson adopted for safety and effectiveness.
Event Details
Four fires started in Moscow warehouses of dry goods and furs, positioned to spread via wind; officials attribute to Nihilists' new terror method using quick-spreading combustible, less risky than murder but equally terrorizing; residents in fear, many appointing night watches.