DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. : (By Tc!e*r«.pi.—Efaw AasobiatlooJ . Pahlatua, January 19. '.'•'Uiero have ,bean disastrous bush fires in'the Poiigaroa district. A cyclonic gale has been raging. • j Gardner and Redman's sawmill was ' completely' destroyed, also ' cottages, | stables, and a big stack of timber. The estimated damage is £6000. Two bridges, valued at £200 each, . near \Vaione, : Akitio County, were destroyed;'also an unoccupied house on Mr. Davidson's property. | The fire, swept through Mr. Max Kayi: ser's orchard. It is reported that Mr. J. W. Murray's fine residence at Pakowhai has . been burned .idown. , ■ . Wilcox's store, blacksmith's shop, arid ; stables at Waimiro are reported to have been destroyed. . The road between Dannevirke. and Pongaroa is blocked to vehicular traffic, : and the mail ooach' is unable, to get through. . • . ■ . : The destruction of the sawmill will make, timber, very dear for Akitio ' County. ■ Many, outbuildings arid miles cf feric-1 ing have gone, and many houses are endangered. . There was rain last night, and tie gale has abated.. Dannsvlrke, January, 19. : Reports from the coastal districts indicate extensive damage , was done there on Monday by fires which were fanned into activity by a howlipg gale. In addition to the loss already announced the following settlers are, Te- ' ported to have had their residences and ' outbuildings destroyed:— Franklin 1 Bros, and Mr. Murray, Pongaroa; Gar- " diner and Yeoman, Waimiro ; two houses and mill; Mr. Willcox, Wauniro, store, house and smithy; Messrs': A. W. J. Davidson and Small, Weber, houses 1 strayed. " A DOCTOR'S PLIGHT, i Pahiatua, January 19. i 'A sensational incident occurred at Rakaunui. Dr. Wilkin, Pongaroa, was motoring to attend an injured boy named Coe, son of a Rakaunui storekeeper, when a burning limb fell on the , doctor's head. A nasty wound was inflicted, and Dr. • Wilkin was rendered | unconscious: _ The car caught fire and was destroyed.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2363, 20 January 1915, Page 6
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304DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2363, 20 January 1915, Page 6
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