Fire and Flood.
Bush fires on Friday in the Hawora district spread for twenty miles, from the Mountain Reserve to Opunake. North of Opunake another fire occurred. Altogether 100,000 tores were affected. Many settlers lost haystacks, sheds, etc., but tb; d re was only one case in which ' a no’j se was destroyed. Stacks /Jt w00( ] fe W aU . d h “ ndreda bf acres of gr«mVe beau destr d> the am . age amounting a f ew thousand pounds. The hi e w with cyclonic force, car .i-yiog red hot coals great an (3 the fire spread with alar .ming rapidity. At four o’clock on Friday afternoon rain foil in torrents and subdued tno flames. This saved the situation, otherwise it is thought every house in the countryside would have been destroyed. The rain caused thq rivers to flood and a couple of bridges were swept away and Vne fords became impassable. The rivers rapidly subsided. Unless the wind rises again all danger is now passed.
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Manawatu Herald, 22 March 1904, Page 3
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165Fire and Flood. Manawatu Herald, 22 March 1904, Page 3
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