FIRES IN CHRISTCHURCH.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2115, 14 February 1908, Page 2

FIRES IN CHRISTCHURCH.

SIX FURTHER OUTBREAKS.

incendiarism suspected. the FLAMES PROMPTLY SUPPRESSED. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 13. To-night outbreaks oi fire were discovered in no fewer .than six driI'eioiit places ill the business part oi the city, and -indications point to the fact that a band of mecn.J;ari*t» are at work. . All the outbreaks were similar in character, the contents ol rubbish boxes in the marrow alleys being alight, -after the board bad been placed against -the walls ol the buililH 1 The outbreaks were found in a right-of-way between the N" ?VarTs onev buildings and the Cafe dI J Hotel; at -i point wliete scvci.i wooden shops abut on a ......,. ijriee’s corner, leading nom Uoroford-street; along the back of a number of retail shops front iig jm Colombo-street; m anotl: e >gl way running Iroin Cd*htl . , along the back of other shops on - in" on Co-lombo-street ; in a n U‘ t ' c ' "‘fy at the back of the A 1 Hotel, and of the wooden shops in 'another part of Coloiii'bo-street, . threatened bj the hi" fire on 'Thursday Last. in the right-of-way -below the United Service Hotel, between Heicfo.dstrect and Cathedral bquare; m the Press office right-of-way. In some instances kerosene and fat had been added to give the file.;, a .‘ood start. All the outbreaks wen. promptly suppressed, and the police have the niatt-ei in band.