From the Lawrence Daily World for July 28, 1910:

“A window in the sewing room of the Wilder Brothers shirt factory acting as an immense sun-glass and concentrating the refracted sun rays on the gable roof of a two story house opposite, started a small fire yesterday afternoon. The fire, which is without a parallel in the annals of local history, could have been started in no other way than by the refracted rays of the sun. Employees of the shirt factory, who rushed to the roof, could easily detect the shaft of light deflected from the window in question. The window when examined later was found to contain a bad flaw squarely in the center which furnished an excellent sun glass. The fire itself was readily extinguished. The roof was as dry as tinder and had the fire secured the slightest headway it might have resulted in a nasty blaze…. Wednesday night a hobo snored serenely and loudly on the front porch of a Tennessee street home, and the feminine occupants were too frightened to call an officer. They were afraid to follow the intruder’s example, so sat huddled in chairs with every window locked, all night.”