In a report released Monday, July 27, the Asheville/Buncombe Arson Task
Force team determined that the fire at the boardinghouse at the Thomas
Wolfe Memorial was the result of arson.  The state of North Carolina is
offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the guilty party or parties.

For further information, please visit the website at:

        http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/wolfe/wolfe.htm

You can link to the information concerning the fire from here.

Martha Battle Jackson, Registrar        (919) 733-7862
NC Historic Sites                       Fax: (919) 733-9515
109 East Jones Street                   [log in to unmask]
Raleigh, NC  27601-2807
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