THE MELBOURNE SENSATION
THE INCENDIARY PLOT. EXTEiN&vE PREPARATIONS. CHILD'S MIRACULOUS ESUAP*:. By Cable.—Frees Association.—Copyright Melbourne, March 21. According to the confession of Sha. , who is Crabtree's assistant, preparations for a fire were proceeding tor tn - e weeks. Goods were removed during the night f-o another of Crabtree's shops at Brunswick. Crabtree was confronted with Shaw's confession, and white modifying his own ■previous statement, denied ahuw's story. He stated that he found the ta/ps of the gas stove turned on, and when he lit a ma tell an explosion followed. The detectives state that they have evidence supporting Shaw's story. Crabtree's leg was broken, and be was' badly burned. Both he and Shaw remain in the hospital. The Sneddon family had a miraculous escape. One little girl, who was lying in bed, was 'buried in debris, aid only saved from being crushed to deatn ibv a door jambing. The girl Lewis fell in a bed from the top room to the next floor uninjured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 345, 22 March 1910, Page 5
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163THE MELBOURNE SENSATION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 345, 22 March 1910, Page 5
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