BUSH FIRES
SERIOUS TARANAKI OUTBREAK THOUSANDS OF ACRES SWEPT MANY SHEEP DESTROYED. [Per United Press Association.! NEW PLYMOUTH. February 23. A Taranaki ‘Herald’ reporter Ira veiling in tho Ohurn district wires that serious hush liros arc occurring there, and June swept thousands of acres, endangering settlers’ houses and sawmills, which were only saved by the tremendous exertions of the men and women. One .saw-mill lost a considerable amount of sawn timber. Many sheep have been lost, and much of the country will have to be resown.
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Evening Star, Issue 19798, 23 February 1928, Page 9
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86BUSH FIRES Evening Star, Issue 19798, 23 February 1928, Page 9
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