WOMAN LOOKS ON WHILE BURGLAR BLOWS SAFE OPEN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18188, 22 June 1927, Page 1

WOMAN LOOKS ON WHILE BURGLAR BLOWS SAFE OPEN.

MELBOURNE, June 12. At 1 a.m. to-day Mrs Beatrice Turner, of Geelong Road, West Footscray, watched safe-blowers through her bedroom window in operation near the premises of Schutt and Barrie Pty., Ltd., merchants, on the other side of the street. She tried in vain for 15 minutes to raise the telephone exchange to call the police. Mrs Turner acts as caretaker for Schutt and Barrie, Ltd., and she was awakened by voices outside her window. When she looked outside her suspicions were aroused by two men near a car, which had its lights out. While she was watching them after unsuccessfully trying to get the police she heard dull, rumbling sounds across the street. Then the men got into their car, and drove away. It wa's only this morning when the office of the factory was found to be wrecked and the safe blown, that Mrs Turner realised that these sounds must have been the safe-blowing explos* The thieves got away with £l7 in cash and cheques to the value of several hundred pounds. The value of the safe was £SO.