MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
COTTAGE DESTROYED.
MAN AND WIFE MISSING.
Dunedin, February 17,
A four-roomed cottage occupiedby an elderly coup]e, Mi', and Mrs Nicolson, was destroyed hv fire early yesterday morning at Company, about eight miles from Dunedin, on the road to Portobello.
A mysterious feature of the outbreak- is that the occupants have not since been seen, but a close examination of the debris discloses no signs of charred .remains, although exhaustive inquiries by the police reveal no trace of the Nicolsons. Mr. Nicolson recently retired from the Public Works Department at Alexandra, and lias only been residing a short time at Company Bay. He was not well known in the district.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4872, 18 February 1933, Page 3
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111MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4872, 18 February 1933, Page 3
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