INCENDIARY FIRE.
ATTEMPT TO BLR.N Kt~N"TLY HALL, {By Telegnph. —O»a CorrcsponO/nt.) HL'XTLY, this day. A determined attempt t<> burn the MineTS , Hall at Huntlv wa* p«rp«tratecl on Sunday night. The njgiit. was dark and stormy, and somconp prized open a window at tlip bark of the hall and sprinkled th<" room with kertx-onr. u*ing 1-acpinp to sol thr floor aliplit.
The fire was discovered about )0 nja. by two gentlemen ,-on n<lo tod with the hall, who promptly put. thp tjrc out wi'.h appUanree .-ent for. The floor was well alight, and only lor thr tact that th" outbreak ««.. promptly discovered. no thing could have eavivj thp huild'ns and adjoining private hou-r-. The Miners' Hall is a popular pUre ,\\ entertain raent.
A reward of JC.SfI ha- 0.-m (ifTer.'d by the hall an-H pwturr m;inis' , aiont for information that \nll lead to the con\iction of Lho miscreant.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6
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146INCENDIARY FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6
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