A CLERK'S REVENGE
STARTS HUGE FIRE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 2!), 5.5 p.m. Vienna, July 29. Schottek, a clerk who was dismissed for drunkenness, as a revenge fired a great stack of timber at the Northern Railway Station. A huge conflagration ensued, and (iOO firemen, 3000 police and 2000 railwaymen fought the flames for eighteen hours, and prevented them igniting a warehouse containing 2000 tons of benzine. Schottek was arrested. Timber to the value of £50,000 was destroyed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 31, 31 July 1911, Page 5
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78A CLERK'S REVENGE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 31, 31 July 1911, Page 5
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