DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. A DASTARDLY OCCURRENCE. BUILDING BLOWN UP.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 364, 1 May 1889, Page 3

DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. A DASTARDLY OCCURRENCE. BUILDING BLOWN UP.

Westpokt, this day. A dastardly" outrage was committed at Cape Fouhvind between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning. A large sfcone building: occupied by Ballantyne Bros., who aro connected with the contractors, was blown up by dynamite. A hole in the ground where the explosive struck down can be seen under the front part of the building, and fully half the building was reduced to a perfect wrack, the timber shattered, and sheets of iron thrown some distance away with holes in them where tins of goods had been blown through. The two Ballanfcynes were sleeping at the rear of the premises. One of their bunks was moved, but they escaped uninjured. A boy was sleeping on the floor of the store next to the partition of the room in which the Ballantyne's were, but he was unhurt. A time-keeper named Brown usually slept in the front part of the store, but fortunately he had not gone to bed. Had ho done so, he certainly •would have been killed. The police are making inquiries, bub have as yet obtained no clue to the author ot ,the outrage. Great indignation exists among Unionists and others, especially as the relations between contractor and men are of a most pacih'c and' friendly character.