FIRE IN TE ORE ORE
Hundreds Of Acres Of Dry Grass Threatened
SETTLERS CHECK FLAMES Dominion Special Service. MASTERTON, March 26. Whipped by a brisk westerly breeze, a smouldering straw stack burst into flames which spread quickly into a paddock of dry wheat stubble ou the farm of Mr. J. 11. Griffin, Te Ore Ore. this afternoon. Hundreds of acres of dry grass on adjoining farms and Mr. Griffin's homestead were threatened, as the flames swept through a plantation of young pious insi gnis. Settlers sped to the scene, some by cars, and attacked the fire with wet sacks, confining the outbreak to about six acres. The breeze dropped, and in five minutes only the original stray stack remained burning. Mr. Griffin, who was picnicking 10 miles away, was summoned by telephone, and arrived to find the fire out. The breeze grew to a gusty wind as tlie volunteer fire-fighters left the field, hut the danger had then passed.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 155, 27 March 1939, Page 5
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159FIRE IN TE ORE ORE Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 155, 27 March 1939, Page 5
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