INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED
STATE DOCUMENT ROOMS. BLAZE IN WASHINGTON. ..United ricbd AssneiaU-.. —Cy U.-cc.ric '-leitgrapij Ccpy-Ughi../ WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Following close upon tne lire v inch damaged tne executives’ offices at White House on Christmas Eve, enormous crowds of excited citizens gathered when flames swept the supplementary house document room under the- dome of the main oapitoti building. The fire ottered a brilliant spectacle as thanes and smoke poured-through the and iourtfi-storey whitlows.. A general alarm brought firemen who controlled the blaze in half an hour. The historic structure 'had been threatened with the worst lire since lioffih wings were burned luring the war of 1812. The damage has not been estimated to-night, bui it is believed to be not great and due principally to water from the fire-fighting apparatus. Suggestions nave been made Loin .-©serai sources tliait the proximity of the two fires at Washington indicate the activities of a pyromaaiao, but rumour us yet has not l>een subs: a Titrated.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 6 January 1930, Page 5
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161INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 6 January 1930, Page 5
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