incendiarism

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To prevent incendiarism, special police guards have been placed at every Catholic church in New York during Lent.

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But, as fire after fire occurred and only Roman Catholic churches were destroyed, incendiarism was suspected.

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Allayed by the report were suspicions of contraband munitions and incendiarism.

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The airplane brought incendiarism back to its own.

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Some cases of incendiarism did really occur, however, and it was just as well that the city should be guarded, and the rougher element closely looked after.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George