SUSPICIOUS FIRE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18845, 7 April 1931, Page 13

SUSPICIOUS FIRE.

KEROSENE LIBERALLY USED. By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. When fire brigadesmen entered a house in Norfolk Street this evening, to which they had been called to quell an outbreak of fire, they found unmistakeable evidence that the house had been deliberately set on fire. The alarm was first given by a boy who called at the house on an errand. When the firemen arrived they found that fire had started in every room in the house. The beds had been saturated with kerosene, which was also spilled on the floor. In the sitting room a mat and an armchair had been soaked, and both were burning. Clothes hanging on pegs in tho hall were soaked and burning. The timely arrival of the brigade prevented the destruction of the house. Not much damage was done. The house was occupied by Robert Thompson Norrie, and was owned by Mrs E. J. Phillips, of Christchurch. The house was insured, but the furniture was not covered. Nobody was at home when the outbreak occurred.