SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM
NARROW ESCAPE AT ASHBURTON. (Pjeb United Press Associattok.) <■. ASHBURTON. October 6. What looks suspiciously like attempted incendiarism, occurred , a day or two ago, when ; at midnight a barrel of; oily rags was found burning in Mr John Newman's livery stables' carriage shed, while alongside the barrel a heap of canvas wheel-covers, over which a quantity .of petrol been poured, was ■ a;so discovered. 'After the firs had been quenched a search of the shed revealed several opened tins of petrol ;n various places and other evidence of a deliberate attempt to set fire to not the carriage shed alone, but the congested. block of shops and business premises which it is at the rear of. The discovery was made just in time to' prevent a serious outbreak. The" police are investigating the matter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16508, 7 October 1915, Page 3
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