Incendiarism.
Between 11 p.m. on the 14tli and 7 a.m. on the 15th of January last, at Middle Kyeburn, Lake District, a woolshed, containing 32 bales of wool, a chaff-cutter, a water-wheel, 150 sheepskins, a wool-press, &c., value £630 55., the property of David McCready, was, with contents, destroyed by fire. At an inquest held on the 2nd instant, by J. N. Wood, Esq., Coroner, a verdict was returned to the effect that there was no evidence as to the origin of the fire. The woolshed and wool were insured in the New Zealand Insurance Office for £392 12s. Gd.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 14 March 1888, Page 51
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100Incendiarism. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 14 March 1888, Page 51
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