SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.
(PBE PBEB3 ASSOCIATION) . Blenheim, September 26. The place haosußtained a pnbllo calamity by the barnlog down of the publlo ichoal building. It Ib evidently the woik of »n lnoendi»ry. „ ,", Latbb. No hlng further hat transpired to explain tho origin of the fira that destroyed the pabllo sohool last bight, and the conviction Is deepening that It wap the aot of an inpandiary. . Two men passed the building about a quarter of «a hour before the firebell rang, bat uw no sign of the fire. The fire broke oat la the lavatory at the front of tho build m?. The doora to the lavatory wero looked, but the oaretaker loft the window* wide • open ioi ventilation. There had been no fire m the aohool for over six weeki. Moat of the oblldren and teaohen losfc their books, bat those on the aoene firat . managed to nve the School Oadeta' rlflat, of which a large Dumber were ; ln a room next the lavatory. The building was a handsome one and oompleta to every department. It waa valued at £2600. Arrangements are now nearly completed for holding the echool In one of the halls In the town. The police are making strict and exhaustive enquiries Into the circumstances, bat with what ceiolU haa not yet transpired. "■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1955, 27 September 1888, Page 2
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215SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1955, 27 September 1888, Page 2
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