EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.
STRAW AND OAT STACKS SET ON FIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association. GORE, July 28. A rather extraordinary occurrence is reported from Riversdale. This morning a number of fires were observed over the plain, and a settler making investgation saw a man deliberately setting fire to several straw stacks. The settler obtained assistance, but in the meantime the man reached the next farm, aid set fire to three oat sheaf stacks, also several straw stacks. The two victims met and secured him. In all he burned fifteen stacks valued at over £4OO. The man was brought to Gore tonight for medical examination, seemingly being a lunatic. He arrived in the district several days ago and is about fifty years of age. He gives his name as George Murray, and states that he has a wife and three children in Djnedin.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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140EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8497, 29 July 1907, Page 5
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