ARSON AT NASEBY.
A MYSTEiiIOUS FIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. On Thursday at Xaseby. E. W. Pcrritt, S.M., and a jury of six inquired to day into the circumstances of the lire which recently mysteriously broke out and destroyed a portion of the Victoria Hotel at Naseby. When the fire was extinguished the Brigade Superintendent and a local constable found a quantity of rags, liberally soaked with kerosene, sticking in the lining boards of the room in which the fire broke out. I Inquiries by detectives since t.lie fire have proved nothing as to the origin of the fire. The licensee, W. B. Allan, proved that he was in a satisfactory financial condition, tliat the business was paying, that a portion of his personal property was uninsured, and that he had not been near the room in question for two days. The jury found a verdict that the place was wilfully set 011 (ire. but the evidence was insufficient to show by whom.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 376, 29 April 1910, Page 5
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165ARSON AT NASEBY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 376, 29 April 1910, Page 5
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