BUSH FIRES
MANY RESIDENCES BURNT. (Australian Press Association). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 24. Go raid messages state that hush fires are sweeping over a huge area of heath country between Richmond river and the sea. The countryside lias been burnt bare for miles. Residences have been destroyed. Two men, a woman and three chi lure n had a narrow escape from death when a lorry in which they were riding, stopped. Fires were raging nearby, and the occupants were forced to seek .shelter in a water hole. Miles’of fencing have been burnt, and roads blocked by falling trees and a large area of grass country devastated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1929, Page 1
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110BUSH FIRES Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1929, Page 1
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