ALLEGED ARSON.

Wairarapa Age, 7 April 1931, Page 5

ALLEGED ARSON.

HOUSE IN CHRISTCHURCH FOUND BURNING. ALIGHT IN EVERY ROOM. CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. When fire brigadesmen entered a house in Norfolk Street this evening, having been called to quell an outbreak of fire, they found unmistakable evidence tha’ the house had been deliberately set on tire. The alarm was first given by a boy who called at the house on an _ errand. When the firemen arrived, they found that the fire had started in every room in the house. Beds had been saturated with kerosene, which had also been spilled on the floor. In the sitting room a mat and armchair had been soaked and both were burning. Clothes hangingon pegs in the hall were soaked and burning. The timely arrival of the brigade prevented the destruction of the house and not much damage was done. The house was occupied by Robert Thompson Ni’rrie and owned bv Mrs. E. J. Phillips, of Christchurch. The house was insured hut the furniture was not covered. Nobody was at (p'T )" ben the ou tbreak occurred.—