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The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Spontaneous Combustion (search)
the Taylor Falls (Wisconsin) Reporter, and authenticated by many witnesses, is really reliable: On Tuesday, while Mr. Corey and his two sons were at work in a field near his house, their attention was arrested by smoke, which appeared to rise e of boards. The bottom board was burnt nearly through, but the others were not even scorched. After this was put out Mr. Corey sent one of the boys into the house to ascertain if all was safe there. He immediately came out and told his father that the house was on fire. Mr. Corey immediately ran up stairs, where he found some clothes that his wife had laid away the day before, burning. They were thrown out of the window, and from that time until late at midnight the fire broke out all ov. First, a paper would catch, then the mosquito-bar, then a straw bed, &c., and it was only by the utmost exertions of Mr. Corey, aided by the gentlemen, that the building was saved. The fire continued to break out at intervals for several days, a