The Boston Herald, October 24th, 2002
Byline: Tom Farmer
A $1.3 million Chestnut Hill mansion undergoing renovations was gutted early yesterday by a massive fire that has all the markings of arson, officials said.
"It's suspicious to the point where we've called in the State Fire Marshal's people," said Newton Fire Chief Edward J. Murphy of the three-alarm blaze at 134 Chestnut Hill Road.
The vacant 20-room, two-story, stone-walled colonial built in 1900 in what is now a historical district of Chestnut Hill was fully engulfed in fire when the first firefighters arrived shortly before 6 a.m.
Investigators are expected to brin...
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