A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.
, • AND A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. '' (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, February 21. According to the evidence given at the inquest yesterday on the death of the old man Albert Korris, the victim of the. Hobson Street fire, there had been a previous blaze in a spare room, on the.preceding Sunday and a mysterions visitoiy ■who refused to give a reason fof sence, had been found in the diningroom. A stranger coincidence is the fact that;.m ; ; an adjoining building known.as-Dommiou: House there were two outbreaks ,of . fire •, within 24 hours of the Scotia House fa--tality. These, however, .the.-OCCupier,.Mr.s. Don, informed a reporter had clearly been the result of accidents.; In one case a boarder had left a candle too close.to the bedclothes, and in the other instance the curtains had Accidentally been, set. alight. The, police 'are making inquiries m regard. , to.the Scotia r House fire. ;•;;■;■■ ;?.:-,..
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1058, 22 February 1911, Page 4
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146A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1058, 22 February 1911, Page 4
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