A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP •' ' \ v RESIDENCES. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 8 a.pi.) SYDNEY, August 13. A dastardly attempt to blow up two mansions' of two wealthy citizens at Darling Point to-night met with little success; The homes of Edward Resch and Lebbeus Hordern were selected for destruction. Both' were connected with fuses running across the road. Sticks of gelignite were found in drain pipes leading to both homes. One explosion brought down the rear wall pf. Resch’s and wrecked ten windows in Hordern’s opposite. ■' The noise alarmed the residents for a quarter of a mile. A man muffled in an overcoat was seen leaving the vicinity. • .No reason can he assigned for the crime. Detectives are now. investigating.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 6
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124A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 6
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