CHRISTCHURCH FIRE.
INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. (By —Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. When firebrigadesmen entered a ! house in Norfolk street this evening, having been called to quell an outbreak of fire, they found unmistakable 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 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 I a mat and armchair had been soaked, ' ■ and both were burning. Clothes hangings on 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 Nirrie .and owned by Airs E. J. Phillips, of Christchurch. The house was insured, but the furniture was not covered. Nobody was at home when tlio outbreak occurred.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 April 1931, Page 3
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168CHRISTCHURCH FIRE. Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 April 1931, Page 3
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