FIRE AT BLENHEIM.
100 ACRES OF TREES DESTROYED. [HY TKI.WJRAI'H. I'B.KSS ASSOCIATION".] Blenheim, This Day. A fire broke out in the Dungree plantation on Thursday afternoon, where several hundred acres of trees were planted a few years ago by prison labour. Despite the efforts of a gang of men men to extinguish the fire, the flames swept 100 acres, containing all the best trees. The damage is estimated at from £4OO to £SOO.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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73FIRE AT BLENHEIM. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 334, 4 February 1911, Page 5
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