THE ESCAPED PRISONER.
A FIRE AT ASHHURST. A fiooir-trXXHned cottage in AsWhuxst ■was destroyed by fire ori Saturday nigjhit, amid the Mam-wiatu Times Bays tfhlat reisridenrfis were of opinion' tlbat an incendiary was responsible. They were inralined to think that Baweifca had somiethiiiig to dk> witlh iit, especially as the of the lire was wnitihiinj one hundred yards of Bawielka'®' htouse (An, wHah it fwiM be remembered) ihle was isiurprised on, ,tihe occasion of Ms last esaaipe), (but •wjhidh vis how uaioooupded. It would tie qudite easy fw a jpetnaon (to come up from the river bed <umobsierved, as itiberei is. much iscrub in the vicinity. The police, of wihom the pressman, was informed' there were, many at Asthbunst, have already visited the scene of the lire. Asthhmrst itesiidents feel very naeasy over the incident, and are incKmedi to thank What P&weifca is much nmrer than most people sfuppose. Anyfhow .there are many rumours in, tine air at Aahhiuirst.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 5
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159THE ESCAPED PRISONER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10412, 5 September 1911, Page 5
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