ATTEMPTED FIRE-RAISING
Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright Received 11.40 p.m., June 18tli. CAPETOWN, June 18. While certain leading persons were in ■the lioufctf- of Colonel O'Brien, Commissioner of Police a'- Johannesburg, dining with the farnilv, a pungent. •,?melL. was noticed. A ni.'in was seen escaping over the fence. An outbreak of fire was traced' to the basement among trunks that were saturated with benzine. The basement "u as promptly flooded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13316, 19 June 1907, Page 5
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68ATTEMPTED FIRE-RAISING Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13316, 19 June 1907, Page 5
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