RICK FIRING.
MAN'S EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT ' [BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.] • ' Gore, Sunday. A rather extraordinary occurrence is re- ; ported from fliversdale this morning. -. A - number"of fires were' observed over the ; plain, and a settler -making investiga- , tion saw a man deliberately setting fire to '■■ ■: several straw stacks.;";. ;.'■';;, .'.f.:' : :::::':■ 'J lie settler obtained assistance, but in the meantime the man readied the next farm 1 arid set fire to . three oat sheaf stacks, also : several straw stacks.'■■,' ',■,.. ' The two victims met the man and secured him. In all he burned 15 stacks, -. valued at over £400. ' . The man was brought to Gore to-night, . for medical examination, seemingly being ;■■ a lunatic. lie arrived in the district several "days: ago;; and is about 50 years of ■'" age, and gives his name as George Mur"a ray. He states that he has a wife and : i three children at Dune.diii.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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143RICK FIRING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13502, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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