Arson.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 25, 16 December 1891, Page 209

Arson.

Nelson. —At 2 a.in. on tlic 27tli ultimo a three-roomed cottage in Van Diemen Street, the property of William Henry Roberts, was destroyed by fire, which it is supposed was wilfully caused. The building was insured for £IOO in the Sun Office, but the furniture, valued at £SO, was uninsured.

Nelson. —At 10 p.m. on the 27tli ultimo a malthouse at the rear of the City Brewery, Collingwood Street, the property of Thomas H. Harley, was destroyed by lire, the origin of which cannot be ascertained. The buildings were insured for £I,OOO in the National Office, and the stock for £3OO in the Norwich Union. Estimated damage, £IOO.

Lujisden. —Between 7 p.m. on the 23rd and 6 a.m. on the 24th October last the unoccupied buildings on tiie Rock Farm, Dipton, the property of Richard English, were destroyed by fire, and at an inquest held on the 30th ultimo a verdict was returned to the effect that such fire was wilfully caused ; the following rider being added : “ That the jury consider the buildings overinsured, and the effects claimed for in the proof of loss were not in the respective buildings at the time of the fire.”