BUSH FIRES.
The smoke from bush tires enveloped this district yesterday and added to the stuffiness of the atmosphere. The sun had the appearance of a ball of lire. The breeze brought (he smoke from the hills. Bush tires are raging in the Ashhurst district and along the Kuahines, and the Hrey element has swept through the Manawatu Gorge, and a railway gang were employed there to protect the tunnels, etc. Yesterday the Gorge was impassable for smoke and burning timber. Kailway traffic through the Gorge has not been suspended. Ashhurst was completely enveloped in a (hick pall of smoke.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1668, 30 January 1917, Page 2
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100BUSH FIRES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1668, 30 January 1917, Page 2
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