HAVOC WROUGHT IN DUNEDIN FIRE

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 7

HAVOC WROUGHT IN DUNEDIN FIRE

Drunken Burglars Set Store Might CONSIDERABLE 'QUANTITY OF LIQUOR GOES [Per Press Association,! DUNEDIN, Last, Night. A 'small army of ■ men occupied this morning clearing up after the havoc and destruction wrought by prowlers yesterday at Messrs. Murray, Roberts’ stores. Fires were lighted in no fewer than seven places, and to the damage done by fire has to be added that done by the Water used in the extinction of the blazes, and the’ wanton destruction ‘wrought by knife and chisel on sacks of seed and wool, and cases of liquor, tea and tobacco. The actual amount of loss caused Is not r yet estimated, but will bo covered to a large extent by insurance.' In what bears the appearance of a wild drunken carousal- the intruders first gained entrance by bursting open a trap door in the main dflor. The miscreants even tore the telephone completely off the wall. It is already evident that a considerable amount of liquor has been removed though a complete tally had not been taken at 4 o’clock to-day. ; Several., attempts the last two years have been made on this store but none have been so determined as this one. So far the police have no announcement to make as to the discovery of the burglars.