INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED.
FARMER’S HEAVY LOSS. THREE STACKS DESTROYED. (Pee United Press Association.) BLENHEIM, February 10. Fire destroyed three valuable stacks of hay on F. E. Fairweather’s Homelands property, Burleigh. The circumstances are most suspicious, and it is considered that the fire had an incendiary origin. Mr Fairweather arrived home at 11 p.m., and there was then no sign of fire, nut 15 minutes later three stacks simultaneously broke into flames, while there was also an outbreak in a hedge abo it 150 yards distant. The night was calm, and there was no possibility of fire having been spread by the wind. The stacks had been laid down since December 23, so that there is no possibility of the outbreak having been caused by spontaneous combustion. The stacks contained about 50 tons of prime ryegrass, white clover, and lucerne hay, and were worth about £250. They represent the whole of Mr Fairweather’s winter feed. The police have been asked to investigate the matter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19280211.2.114
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 20330, 11 February 1928, Page 12
Word Count
162INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20330, 11 February 1928, Page 12
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in