INCENDIARISTS SUCCEED
IX SPITE OF SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS CHRISTCHURCH /This Day. This morning the petrol was still blazing furiously at the remains of .the motor spirit store of D. H. Brown and Son, which was set alight by incendiarists. » Suspicious characters were seen yesjterday afternoon round several of the oil companies’ premises in Moorhouse avenue. Their appearance roused the apprehensions of managers, and as a protective measure the guards on petrol stores in the avenue were doubled. All guards at stores were on the look out for just such an occurrence as that of last night. • Even before the big blaze there was a motor patrol in Moorhouse avenue, and men were making unexpected calls to various buildings. Tii spite of this the incendiarists must have evaded the cordon, for when the fire was discovered two big doors in the building were unlocked, although they had been left securely locked when the men ceased work foo.' the day. Earlier in the* evening, at 9.45, incendiarists also attempted to set fire to a motor shed in Milton street about a mile from the petrol stores and in the same part of the city, but the flamea were quelled.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 2 August 1929, Page 4
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