FIRE IN A FLAX SWAMP.
A Serious Loss. , Blenheim, November 6. A fire, fanned b} r a strong northwest wind, swept the Marshland flax swamp yesterday afternoon, burning about 500 tons of flax ready to cut and a quantit} 7 of other leaf. Mr Chator, the owner, estimates the loss at nearly ,£IOOO. A large gang of men fought the fire all the afternoon and succeeded in saving a portion of the flax. •The fire afterwards crossed a big ditch irtto a raupo swamp at the Maori pah, where a large area as swept, but the damage is unimportant.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3777, 7 November 1907, Page 3
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99FIRE IN A FLAX SWAMP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3777, 7 November 1907, Page 3
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