FIRE SCARE AT WESTPORT.
ATTEMPT TO BURN THE TOWN.
[PBB PBHSS ASSOCIATION:]
Webtpoet, This day,
A deliberate attempt was made at 2 o'olook this morning to fire the principal businees block in the town. A collection of small woollen rags saturated with kerosene was found on fire, with a tin containing kerosene alongside, undernoath the flooring of Smallbone's fruiterer's shop, a large twostoried building. A hole "was burned through the floor, and the house was full of smoke when the fire was discovered. The smell of burning kerosene awakened the pebple sleeping upstairs.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN18960221.2.35
Bibliographic details
Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7601, 21 February 1896, Page 3
Word Count
93FIRE SCARE AT WESTPORT. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7601, 21 February 1896, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in