FIRE AT FEN COURT.
Suspected Incendiarism. Two stacks of oats, at Feu Court, situated in a ploughed field, half a miie from any public thoroughfare, containing about 1300 bushels of oats, and valued at betwetm £400 and £500, were destroyed by fire last Saturday evening between six and seven o'clock, 'lhe fire was seen from the house almost as soon as it burst forth, and luon with wet corn sheets, tarpaulins, etc., did their best to bring it under, but unsuccessfully. The stacks were uninsured, and it is generally believed that they wore set fire to by persons having a grudge asrainst Mr McLean, but suspicion so far rests on no particular individual. McLean & Co., have offered a reward of £50 for such information as will lead to the conviction of the incendiary.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1378, 3 May 1881, Page 2
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133FIRE AT FEN COURT. Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1378, 3 May 1881, Page 2
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