CHARGE OF INCENDIARISM.
[Pee Press Association.] AUCKLAND, May 14. As a sequql to the fire in West Street, Newton, two men, named James Crowtber and William Walker, were arrested and charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises. Walker is the husband of tho owner of the house, and it transpired at the Coroner’s inquiry that there was' evidence of oil having been spilled on the premises previous to tho fire, but Walker states that this was paint oil, which fell when the shelf was burned. The Coroner’s jury returned an open verdict.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14060, 15 May 1906, Page 8
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93CHARGE OF INCENDIARISM. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14060, 15 May 1906, Page 8
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