Arson at Nelson.
(UtfjlXE© PRESS ASS' CU.TIO % .) z i JjJfipspN, July: 31. , 1 John ! JVlcJkeary, machinist .at the- ' Evening M&il Office, was arrested t6> day on a charge of ar^oo, Oa . Friday night, an old unoccupied sixrroomed house neaf the. Railway. Station, own- ' ed by the defendant, .w.as discovered' to be ouurxvbut. »vas extinguished by a few buckets of water, .l^st nisfht it; light was ob-ervecl jq t^re hou^e, and the nei^hliQ'U'.s sent a oonstable ■ jii|(|v'tbfm efleotiec^ , an , entmpce by ■■ pveans 'i»f.i.a window. It wh^s .then, found that a'hole had beeq cut iatjie; scrim and a capdle placed thureinsuvI'ounded by hay, over which kei'osei)e had been poured, a jipttle .con,taining Ittboiit. a ])int haying been left closs to the candle! The hay waAJust ignit-r ing whew, discqy^ed. The. accused was rernui}d?4 and bail refused.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 202, 23 July 1884, Page 2
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134Arson at Nelson. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 202, 23 July 1884, Page 2
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