FIRE IN EVERY ROOM.
SUSPICIONS OUTBREAK.
KEROSENE LIBERALLY USED,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCi; Monday. . When members of the fire brigade entered a house in Norfolk Street this evening to which they had been called to quell an outbreak of fire they found unmistakable evidence that the house had been deliberately set on fire. ; The alarm Avas first given by a boy Tvho called at the house on an errand. When the firemen arrived they found a fire had started in every room in use'. The beds had been saturated witli kerosent, which was also spilled on the floor. In a sitting room a mat and armchair had been soaked and both were burning. Clothes hanging on pegs in the hall were soaked with kerosene and were The timely arrival of the brigade prevented /the, destruction of the • house. : Nobody was at home when the fire occurred. , ... :
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 10
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