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The Preston Guardian
Saturday September 13 1862

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Suicide - On Saturday, an inquest was held at the Commercial Inn, before Mr. J. Hargreaves, coroner, on the body of William Hirst, who hanged himself in his bed-room. Several witnesses were examined, and at the close the jury returned a verdict to the effect "that the deceased destroyed himself while in an unsound state of mind."

Fire- On sunday evening, the hay in a barn at Extwistle, in the occupation of Mr. James Edmondson, farmer, was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was immediately given, and the fire engines were fetched from Burnley. All was done to arrest the progress of the flames, but without success. The barn and upwards of 1,100 yards of hay were destroyed. The fire was caused by the hay not being sufficiently dry. Some hay in an adjoining barn would have taken fire soon afterwards, in consequence of its dampness, had it not been discovered after the conflagration above recorded.

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Strange that,why would the hay have set on fire because it was damp? Or have I misread that? :?

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No David, you read it right and I did transcribe it correctly. I double checked on account of it not being what I would have expected!

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Just found from a Government web site for Inspection and export certification of hay;
Moist hay is combustible, and therefore dangerous. Psocids also thrive in
damp hay. :) Stephanie.

Psocids are barklice/woodlice.
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Well you learn something every day!

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Well there you go. That is an interesting fact :)

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The lesson of the story is:
If out walking and it comes on raining, dont shelter in a leaky barn. :lol: :lol: Stephanie.
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When hay is baled not thoroughly dry it heats up and sweats. It used to be common practice to bale it like that, nowadays it is left till dry, or baled and wrapped to make haylage, but that is another tale.

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