BOMB ON VERANDAH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 8

BOMB ON VERANDAH

RACING MAN’S DISCOVERY. EXPLOSIVE IN DRAIN PIPE. A racehorse owner, Mr P. Lock, of Werribee, Victoria, one evening recently found a bomb on the front verandah of his home. When Mr Lock stepped out through the front door he saw a candle burning in a corner of the verandah. The candle was standing in a hole in a cement drain pipe, which was lying in an open suitcase. Mr Lock extinguished the flame. An examination showed that the suitcase contained a roughlymade bomb. The drain pipe contained the explosive and the candle, which was acting as a fuse, had burnt down to within an inch of the powder. Mr Lock reported the discovery to the police. Two men, who were seen loitering near Mr Lock’s home shortly before 9 o’clock, were later intercepted at the railway station and taken to the police station. A fortnight earljcr thieves entered Mr Lock’s home and stole jewellery and other articles valued at £235.