CHURCH DESECRATED
ALTAR DAMAGED BY FIRE ADELAIDE, Dec. 30. A fire which the police believe was deliberately lit damaged the altar and tapestry in St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral before it was extinguished with a garden hose. It is the latest of a series of church fires occurring over the past year or more. A well-dressed man was seen to leave the church- before the outbreak, and an examination after the fire revealed that all 'the statues in the Christmas crib had' been knocked over.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26659, 3 January 1948, Page 8
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