ATTEMPTED ARSON.
[Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, June 18. At 0.30 last night the caretaker of the Safe Deposit building in High' Street found smoke in the lift well. He broke open the door and found a motor-car ablaze. He extinguished the lire and discovered that the insulation was burned away. An incendiary, after starting the lire, had evidently' pulled out tho plugs from tin- main switch, throwing the wholij building into darkness, and then locked the door and removed the key. The object apparently was simply to destroy the motor-car, disorganise the lighting and the lift convenience. The police are investigating.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16456, 18 June 1921, Page 9
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101ATTEMPTED ARSON. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16456, 18 June 1921, Page 9
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