From the Richmond Enquirer, 2/6/1862
FIRE AT THE CONFEDERATE STATES PRISON. – An upper floor
of Liggon’s tobacco factory at Rocketts, now used as a prison for captive
Yankees, was set on fire yesterday forenoon by the upsetting of a stove. The
flames were, however, speedily extinguished by the application of a few buckets
of water, and with no more serious results than the frightening of the inmates
of the prison. The fire department were called out by the alarm, and appeared
upon the scene with accustomed alacrity, but there was, fortunately, no need for
their services.
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