Big Fire Destroys 500 Acres of Grass
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ULSBORXF, March 4. •' A f?rass starting in the Ivaraua \ alley today . ravnged over .KU) aeres of pasture on thi;ee Te Arai \'alley propeities Jd miles from Gisborne, and damaged miles of fencing beforg, settlers and gangs o'f county couneil employees subdued it. 4'he tire rau like lightning over the tinderlike hillside grass and over properties of three settlers whose loss of_ autumn feed and fencing w*ill be considerable 44ie owru'rs alfected wero Messrs. C. J. ■Hamilton, A. ( '. Jones and W. A. AI o Gliskie. An early warning euabled the ninliolders to evacuate all stock.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1948, Page 5
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