FLAX SWAMP FIRE.
(IitEAT DAMAGE AT TOKOAIAKC. There were serious developments at Tokomaru on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the Itax lire I bathrobe out on Mr George Leilert s (lax land mi Monday. r lhe breeze freshened, and the (lames crossed the tram line despite the strenuous efforts of a large parly of Ib'clighters. The lire continued mi Tues(liiv niu'lit. Over *3OO men were en~ o;n£e(! Hj»’htin£ the lire, contingents coming from adjoining mills, whose owners recognised that their property was also being menaced. Water was being taken in tanks from (lie main drain, and used to supplement the ell oils of the heaters, who did not spare themselves jail ling up a sturdy lull He wit It the destroying clement. Yesterday the outbreak was got under control. Wry considerable damage has been done, running into thousands of pounds. About 250 acres ot llax was burnt.
« A lire broke out in the A. and L. Seifert Co.’s swamp at Mira mu on Monday night, and soon assumed large dimensions. A great many men promptly responded to the alarm, hut eighteen acres ot standing llax and twelve acres of land newly cut was cleaned np by the lire before it was brought under control.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1669, 1 February 1917, Page 3
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204FLAX SWAMP FIRE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1669, 1 February 1917, Page 3
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