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The Daily Dispatch: November 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Spontaneous Combustion (search)
Spontaneous Combustion
--Spiritualism in a New Phase.--The wonderful feats of table-tipping without hands are likely to be surpassed by new atmospheric phenomena, if the following incident, told by a late number of 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 from his stable.
They hurried to the barn as quickly as possible, and discovered a pile of straw on fire.
This was immediately extinguished, and, as they were returning to the field, the stable caught in different places, which, by considerable exertion, was put out. Before, however, they had left the premises, another fire was discovered underneath the granary in a pile 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