HOUSE WRECKED
BY SELF-CONSTBiUCTED BOMB. ATTEMPT ON OCCUPANT’S LIFE; Australian Press Association.) MELBOURNE, July 14. When a bomb exploded in the home of Mr John Williams at Coburg, he and his wife narrowly escaped death; or serious injury, for the explosion wrecked the house 1 . . - Mr <Williams, who is senior inspector of the Tramways Board, found a . bomb in the front garden. It’ appeared to .be an ordinary male®' root, so he placed it on the fire in the dining, room while he and his wife weio sitting in front of the fire. Tliery. heard' a loud hissing sound, and the'pair made a hurried exit from the house. A few seconds later the bomb exploded. ■ A detective is of . .the opinion that the iomh was made by boring a hole in th® root ; and inserting a‘stick of gelignite. They believe -it was prepared in order to kill M l ' Williams;'
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 6
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150HOUSE WRECKED Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1932, Page 6
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