Arson Suspected In School Fires
(N.Z, Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 6. Fire- b u g s have struck for the second time in 10 days at the Papatoetoe High School, causing damage unofficially estimated at £BOOO.
Police believe petrol or other fuel may have been spread round the school woodwork room, causing it to be burned out early on Saturday morning. On Thursday the previous week, the tractor and implement shed went up in flames after oil had been strewn around the building. About
£5OO worth of damage was done.
Saturday's ' blaze was restricted to a storeroom adjoining the main woodwork classroom, but before firemen had a chance to connect hoses it spread rapidly to engulf the whole woodwork section. The charred remains of work benches, machinery and hand tools were scattered in the debris. The woodwork teacher (Mr R. Smythe) lost teaching aids and textbooks he has collected over 17 years.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660607.2.124
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31079, 7 June 1966, Page 14
Word count
Tapeke kupu
152Arson Suspected In School Fires Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31079, 7 June 1966, Page 14
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in