THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 64, 22 March 1913, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

FURTHER OUTRAGES.

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London, March 20. Field Marshal White’s large house at Eaglefield Green has been destroyed by fire. The fire is attributed to \ suffragettes. It is believed that the perpetrators of the outrage entered Field Marshal White’s emptfy mansion with skeleton keys, and saturated the basement with petrol. The outbreak was discovered at ten in the morning. Messages inscribed “Votes for Women, and “Stop torturing our comrades in prison,” were found. Two suspected women were seen cycling in the neighbourhood after the outbreak of the fire. The damage is estimated at £4OOO. The women sprinkled spirits on the ®open stairway, from the garret to the second floor, and fixed the window s open to create a draught. The whole building was aflame simultaneously, and burned for seven hours. Lady White was absent at the Riviera. Both she and her husband were quite unconnected with the suffrage movement. The golfhouse at Western-Super-mare has been destroyed by fire. It is believed to be the work of suffragettes. London, March 21. Correspondence found in Hocken’s studio includes a letter from Mrs Pankhurst, inciting to acts of violence and outrage.