A remarkable case of inooudiarism ii re* ported from the village of Dombravit*, in Moravia. A peasant who had aued for a divorce lost hi# case, and on hia return home revenged bimaelf by aetting fire to bis house. The flume# spread rapidly until part of the village was burned. In all there were 86 houses, with their adjacent barna juat filled with the results of this year's harvest, com* plotely destroyed. The wife of the peasant escaped from the flames, but a woman was burned to death, and several other persons were severely injured in attempts to extin* guisb the fire or to rescue their property.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6473, 25 November 1881, Page 5
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