REBEL VANDALISM.
HISTORIC MANSION BURNED. Austral and N.Z. Cable Association. (Heed. 12.30 a.m.) , LONDON, Feb., 4. Armed msn on Saturday night visited Colonel Charles Guinness' beautiful historic mansion, Clermont Park. They allowed the household 15 minutes to collect a few small valuables, and placed the colonel, his wife, and the servants under an armed guard. They then sprinkled the house with petrol from basement to roof and set fire to, it. The building was quickly consumed. The damage is assessed nt £10,000. Colonel Guinness is the head of the Guinness family in Ireland, and is a prominent Unionist.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 7
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