The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916. THE FIRE BUG.
THE origin of last night's tire, whif'h destroyed Messrs Walker and Enrrie’s large storeshed and eontents, is as mysterious as the other lives whieh have reeently been ehronieled. Particular eare is exercised by the owners to safeguard their premises from lire, and they cannot assign any reason for the conflagration. Everything points to the out breaks being the work of some ill-balanced individual who is cunning enough to leave no cine. The police have so far been baffled in their efforts to discover the per* pel rat or. li’muonrs are alloat that anonymous biters have been received by residents, threatening the destruction of their promises, hut in only one ease has such anonymous threat been handed to the police*. A remarkable coincidence is that all (ho fires have been started at about the same hour. IflheconJfagrations are tin* work of a lire maniac the sooner the individual is put iti a place of safety the heller it will he for I lie peace of mind of the whole community. In Ihe mennlime something should he done lo proled properly from eonllagralions, and we would suggest that I In* Mayor convene a public meeting lo discuss tin* whole question and formulate a scheme for the protection of public properly.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1604, 29 August 1916, Page 2
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218The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916. THE FIRE BUG. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1604, 29 August 1916, Page 2
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