In Wisconson, an juvenile inmate reportedly burns down his state's reform school
A fire believed to be set by an inmate destroyed the main three-storey building of the Wisconsin State Industrial School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. All inmates and staff escaped without serious injury but the fire was estimated to have cost $30,000 in damages. The reform school had been opened in July 1860 and continued after the structure was rebuilt in the spring of 1866. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Fire in Waukesha, Wis.," New York Times, January 13, 1866, p. 1.
History of Waukesha County, Wisconson (Chicago, IL: Western Historical Company, 1880), 405.