INCENDIARISM.
FIRE-RAISING IN TIMARU,
IST TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. TIMARU, February 24. Two attempts to destroy buildings by fire were discovered here in the early hours of yesterday morning. Shortly after 12 o'clock o'.i Saturday night a fire composed of chips of wood, bits of sacking, and coal was found at the foot of long timbers reared against the outer wall of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's wool store. In the store were 2,500 bales of wool. Had the fire been left a few minutes longer the whole store must have gone. The other fire was discovered about the same time, outside Dalgety and Company's business premises. In this case two small empty cement jjaska bad, with the aid of small wood and paper, been lighted against the wall of wooden buildings in which kerosene and sheep dip are stored. This was also discovered just as the fire was getting a good hold.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 25 February 1908, Page 6
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153INCENDIARISM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 25 February 1908, Page 6
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