INCENDIARISM
ATTEMPT FRUSTRATED IN
LONDON
BIG OIL STORE IN DANGER.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 15th January.
Three constables frustrated a care-fully-planned attempt to set fire to the Vacuum Oil Company's depot at Wandsworth, a. suburb of London, in which were 60,000 barrels, containing 2,500,000 gallons of oil. Three men were seen loitering at midnight on Friday in the vicinity of the depot. When challenged they fired several shots with revolvers, but did not injure the'police. A dozen other men had scaled the wall of the depot by means of a rope-ladder. These ran out on hearing the shots. The police pursued them, But all escaped except Wilfred Kenny, a clerk, who was charged with attempted murder and arson. The police found in the depot a largo, quantity of cotton' waste ready to be set on fire. Oil was leaking from a dozen barrels, in which holes had been pierced. It is believed that Sinn Feiners were responsible for the affair.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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165INCENDIARISM Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7
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