BOMB ON ROOF

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 10, 6 October 1932, Page 11

BOMB ON ROOF

Police Official’s House HEAVY EXPLOSION Inspector Lopdell’s Residence By Telegraph—Press Association. Greymouth, Oct. 5. A bomb was thrown on tbe roof of the residence in Buecleugh Street of Inspector Lopdell, of the Police Force, early this morning, causing damage to the roof. Inspector Txipdell ou being interviewed. was reticent, but said that at 1.30 the family and himself were awakened by the sound of something heavy falling on the roof. “We were commenting about the noise when a heavy explosion took place,” he continued. “An examination revealed that a bomb had been thrown and bad lodged in the gutter between the ridges of the house, where it exploded. This is all I have to say. We have to accept these things when they come.” The explosion awakened many residents in the vicinity, but was not sufficiently loud to be heard all over the town. The police this morning were reticent concerning the extent of the damage, and auy theories they might hold concerning the motive, for the house belongs to the Police Department and is situated near several other residences. Any person bent on wrecking the place would therefore have to exercise extreme caution in his movements. Inspector Lopdell has been in big present position on the West Coast for only a few months. Before that he was a sub-inspector stationed at Wellington aud formerly was at Napier. He succeeded Inspector Fitzpatrick on the West Coast during tbe last few months. Tbe police in Greymouth, with Inspector Lopdell in charge, have been exceptionally active in raiding places suspected of illegal liquor trading, and on some occasions there have been four or five raids in one night. As a police officer and a man, the inspector is generally well liked. \