FIRE ON A STEAMER.
EVIDENCES OF ARSON. i . m syDgy^..^.,^ > A preliminary inquiry has heen held 0 by Captain Ciimmings, superintendent of navigation"; into the'fire: which was dis- - covered- burning on a steamer lying at the - White Star Wharf on September 24, says v the Sydaicy Morning Herald. .-- . ' E Subsequent to the. fire a survey was 3 made of the hold Ivhere the fire occurred. t In the' preliminary ; .inquiry evidence "ivas 1 tendered t<> /prove that the fire was de- - liberately f started ,; .-by someone- unknown. r In tlie inspectdon' nladie of the vessel, 3 it is understood' that jrrefivtahle ' evidence - was' ooHeeted' to- show* -the^oafise. :of '.the J fire. 'Traces of 'the "person wlio is be-; i lieved to -have; set alight to the steamer > were foiiiid m the ship ; the locks of ? some- of the doors guarding; entrance to t the hold had been removed, and m some ) cases broken. Other evidence was found - which, it is believed, established beyond t doubt that the fire wag' not . caused i through accidental causes, '*"but was ah , act, of arson. '• ' •' '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 7
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181FIRE ON A STEAMER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14441, 30 October 1917, Page 7
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