FIRE IN SHOP.
CORONER’S COMMENT. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 26. Comment on the suspicious nature of a fire was made by Mr E. D. Mosley, Coroner, at an inquiry into an outbreak on September 14 in a shop and dwellingliouse at 323 Madras Street, occupied by Mrs Jessie Manson. “The whole of the facts surrounding this fire are of a highly suspicious nature,” said Mr Mosley. “There were three fires in three different parts of the room, all totally., disconnected, and nothing to account for their origin. The whole thing creates an air of suspicion. lam unable, however, to bring in any verdict other than that the premises were damaged by fire.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 51, 27 January 1933, Page 10
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