GROCERY STORE BLOWN UP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3838, 30 August 1928, Page 2

GROCERY STORE BLOWN UP.

AUCKLAND MYSTERY. Auckland, August 29. A terrific explosion at 2.30 a.im wrecked Mr. T. Carroll’s grocery store at the corner of Napier and Sheridan Streets. The residents in the immediate vicinity rushed into the streets. The debris caught fire and blazed fiercely until the flames -were quelled by the city brigade. One side of the shop was pushed bodily into the street. A shutter on the window was hurled across the road, and the roadway was littered with broken glass, while tins of jam etc., were hurled on the roofs of the surrounding houses. Inquiries are being made about a mysterious motor-car containing a number of men which dashed away from the locality just after the explosion occurred. A lady residing opposite saw a mysterious light in Mr. Carroll’s shop soon after midnight. The living portion of the shop had been tenanted by a widow and her children. -They shifted out*of the premises on Sunday and it was Mr. Carroll’s intention to have shifted to-day. He has been living in a house closer by. Mr. Carroll’s shop, which was destroyed by fire after the explosion, is insured for £6OO, and the contents for the same amount. The superintendent of the fh-e brigade is of the opinion that the building was blown up by a gas explosion.