Disastrous Fire in Canterbury.
.» mm ': EIGHT MILES OF COUNTRY ■■■■'■■ SWEPT CLEAN. 4000 SHEEP DESTROYED. ! (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION*.) j Christchurch, Sunday. From particulars to hand it appears that the fire at Waikari on Friday night : was not serious, but a second fire commenced on Friday" morning on • Mr Moor's run (Glenraark) between Hawarden and Medbury : stations, and was supposed to have; been caused by a spark from a railway engine. It swept over eight miles of country, including Mr F. Perriott's farm. It destroyed 4000 of Mr Moore's sheep, one mile of railway fence, three miles of telegraph poles, all Mr Perriott's fedce and his stock of grass seed; Mr Johnston's stacks were saved by ploughing round them. Notwithstanding the statement that the telegraph poles were burned, communication by the wires has not been stopped. The . .whole of Mr Moore's run was T)'y the flames, which were fanned by a strong breeze/and the loss; of feed will be^ very serious.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1647, 1 March 1886, Page 4
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159Disastrous Fire in Canterbury. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1647, 1 March 1886, Page 4
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