Fire at the Rimutaka.
A bush fire ha 9 been raping by the Summit which placed the station buildings iv great danger A relief party was sent up and s ;cce ded in beating back the flames, lut a shed containing 80 tons of coal caught fire and supports to the water tanks were buinr.
The extent; of the fires may be
gauged from the fact that they swept over the hill from Pakaratahi and eventually threatened Cross' Greek and although the visitation there was not so strong and fierce as at he Summit, it was sufficiently aggressivo to necessitate a strong detachm&nt of the railway men Wfg kept on d«ty all night in caWof cmergeuciep. The conflagration was primarily due to fires being lighted in the fallen bush in the Paikakariki valley.
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Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1898, Page 2
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133Fire at the Rimutaka. Manawatu Herald, 5 March 1898, Page 2
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