STRANGE FOR THE TIME OF YEAR.
:COUNTRYSIDE ABLAZE. ",?/.-"'.' (By Association.!V '.;•"/.' Dunedin, September 3., : / Tho country' surrounding tho Mount, Royal Estate was swept .'by;,fire last 1 night. All" the fences;on Mr. -.p.': M. Brooks's property were destroyed,, and; it is "feared that.'his sheep;have been lost. The - homestead is intact, / The, extent of the damage is not yet known,!: but it is believe"d io be heavy; /''i'here was a tremendous glare in. the'.• western sky, and the'.sight; from - Ealrrifcrston; was. 'magnificent. ..;■ One. thousand; acres have been swept by fire, : and all late improvements on Mr.; Brooks's farm wore destroyed. Mr. Brooks lost over' ,150 sheep, and the Mountßoyar Estate 50. ,'fhe/fencing at tho back of the latter estate was utterly destroyed, and twenty-three, men' were . fighting.;.,the blaze all the morning.before.it was got under control. -'■';'.''.'. ".- ; ----; ; ':i;-'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 6
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133STRANGE FOR THE TIME OF YEAR. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 913, 5 September 1910, Page 6
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