WOOLLEN MILLS FIRE INCENDIARIST’S WORK
TINS OF PETROL PLACED TO FEED FLAMES
MELBOURNE, December 6.
Detectives investigating the cause of the fire which did damage estimated at £15,000 at the Spatt woollen mills, Dawson, found definite evidence of incendiarism. Tins of petrol had been placed in convenient positions to feed the fire and bags of spindles had been soaked in petrol.
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Southland Times, Issue 23376, 7 December 1937, Page 7
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