SERIOUS TUSSOCK FIRE
HEAVY LOSS OP SHEEP. [ By Telegraph-Press Association I ' Christohurch, March 1. [ About 11.30 this morning a serious tussock fire started near Camp Bay, Lyttelton, and at 4.30 this afternoon the fire | lad burnt some 2000 or 3UM) acres of tusjsock country. It was reported that nearly a thousand 6hecp, two-tooth ewes and ■ wethers, belonging to Mr. Candy, whose I station is near Camp Bay, had been destroyed. The fire is said to have originated in the blocking operations of a number of Public Works men, who have Been engaged making the wharf to Camp Bay. Although they made every effort to prevent the fire spreading, the dry nature of the tussocks and undergrowth made the task a hopeless one, and the fire quickly obtained a strong hold.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 4
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130SERIOUS TUSSOCK FIRE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 4
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