BUSH FIRES
(Australian Press Association) (U.uited St- -ice.) TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION WROUGHT. (Received this dav at 10. M. a.tn.) -SYDNEY, Jan. T A Baiallicr message stall's hush (ires are sweeping over a lit teen miles frontage between the Wollomlilly and tlie Ahescromhia rivers. The. outbreak has been increasing in intensity lor days. More than ten thousand acres have been swept. Station properties and fencing were Imnil out at !.a■ •!i land. A homestead at I’.indock station was cut led. and Kane II he o.\ner) surrounded by llamas had a narrow escape from death. Mounting a terrified horse lie managed lo e.a !, i;p through the thinnest part of tlie lire. It is feared hundreds of sheer- have been burnt to death. Helped hv a strong wind tlie lire became beyond control. Tin- Yerraiuloririe si|\- . r mine am l several homesteads are in imminent dancer.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 5
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142BUSH FIRES Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1929, Page 5
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