INCIPIENT FIRE.
TIMELY DISCOVERY. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 16. A deliberate attempt to burn the framework of a 35-ft. auxiliary yawl, which is in the course of- construction in a section at the rear of the Leylaml O’Brien Timber Co.’s premises in Fanshawe Street, was made about 3 o’clock. Fortunately for the owner and builder, Mr George Robert Sibley, who lives nearby, the nightwatchman employed by the timber company, discovered the fire and extinguished the blaze before any great damage had been done. The Freeman’s Bay police were advised, and inquiries showed that an old motor tyre, some tar, and a quantity of chips and shavings had been stacked under the stern and fired. Mr Sibley, who is building the craft in his spare time, was unaware of the attempt made to burn the framework of the vessel until he went to the section at 7 o’clock to work upon it. _ He was disappointed to find a considerable portion of the stern badly charredhr.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 17 January 1938, Page 9
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165INCIPIENT FIRE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 17 January 1938, Page 9
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