Attempted Incendiarism.
(UNITJSI> P^?!»8 ASSOCIATION.); !; .. ; ',.; , . Cheistchurch, Jan. 13. ; :■ A : determined^aud repeated attempt at incendiarism is reported from Lees < ton. Yesteitf&y. afternoon; : Thomas' Prankish, ' a • respectable resident of the. township, (discovered ;«onie half burnt paperand gorse heaped against the .si tic of liis housq. n ?Che . evening, about 0 o'clock, another at--5 tempt was made to ; -, l».urn '. down the •sumehouso. The -floor; .of one of his 1 looms- whs found to be on fit*?. Neighbors pothered, and ithe fire was quick-: , ly put out, when under tbe v fljqr was found a sack saturated with kerosene. The attempt created a great scare m the township.. There, ip nocjue to the perpetrator. ' ■ ; ' ' ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 38, 15 January 1885, Page 2
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