ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM
SUSPICIOUS CASE IN ASHBURTON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ashburton, October 6. What looks suspiciously like attempted incendiarism occurred a day or two ago when .at midnight a barrel of 1 oily rags was found, burning in John Newman's livery stables and carriage shed, while alongside the burr.el a heap, of canvas wheel-covers over which a quantity of petrol had been poured, was also discovered. ■ .. After the fire had been, quenched a search of the shed revealed several opened tins of petrol 'in various places and other evidence of a deliberate attempt to fire, not the carriage shod alone, but also the congested block ,ofshops and business premises, which, it is at tho rear of.' ■ , The discovery was made just in time to prevent a serious- outbreak. Tlie police are investigating the matter. .
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 6
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133ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 6
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