INCENDIARISM.
til TIJKKAK IN HAM;KM;A. i'cr i'rcN, AsMH'ia'niii. ('Hitisrciiciu n. (i. ~,i. i is;. Atioilur unoccupied ,i! It hi giora war- set lire to last niglil. Ilv -.ln: Mine the lire brigade got »,it i»u tl>r in terior of the lions.' «,«> tuned. ,iud pan of the outrr walls d<stroved. lhe out br< ak occulted at about 11 o'clock, and an . xplosion of gar> drew atteutioii to it, the tin t' r being no douht turned on. The tire had then a Mrong hold of tin- uivtioi. showing that it had Malted from within lb- house. It was a »«ll built mis loomed lion e mi Viriona -t t,. t. n.\i to t lk* drill hall, and belonged to the estate nf the lat<- John Donovan. It »»,«» valued at about £*so, ,md had I* . n iiiiiru.nii d for a fottnight. Jh. t< u.tr .in itiMii.uiiu in ill- ( oinineri i,d I'tiion oitj.i-, but tli amount -aaf. not tainab't . Ihe frt»(iieiiey ol iitc udiaty tii. - m un oeeiipicd in i* bc<oumi;j a t-.tmtin uiatUr, and the poln-c have b ru mi ibh- to attaeli >u>pi< ion to ativmie. At oil'- tunc old and isolated buildings oidv \<v:c set lire to. hut the iiu-ndiary r-cenis iu.u t.» iie turning hi- attention to ,i Iwtt.i clar* ot |>] ac* i* m th* - il.reiv popul.it. <1 p.tt;>. and a «enou* conflagration mav vet re>ul:
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 6
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227INCENDIARISM. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 6
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