Disastrous Tussock Fire m Canterbury.
I (UJtITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) ; . Christchubch, Wednesday. ;. ■ J '°^LHrg6 fires aTehiirning m tVio- north:dißtirict; Onb on Mr' Moore's vGleh- ; tnaik iffetafe qriginated on Monday m V'.tlie- Wsikari . Vjilley just after if thresh- '' ' ihg p&hy had passed ; The extent -of the damage isjunknovrn. - Another now extinguished broke out near Leithfields, ; ;and destroyed a few telegraph 1 poles. ■ -The daude is unknown. • - i V" '"•'' ; ''' ''' i ''■'■'■' ' ; " ' Latee; I' A ■ .' ■ . ' ■•' ■'•'■ '■■■'■.' ■ ' • ' i W.'v Accounts from Waikari to-day state .., that the tussock fire near Aiiiberley has v. destroyed all the: Road Board bridges m i^tUfs ,:Omihi. /Valley, and swept over ■iv 5Q,000 acres behind Mr G, H. Mqpre|s bouse.. It is also said to have destroyed ' r~:lO^0d' of-rhi» sheep • in-oue ; paddock. . ■■. .. ;..;.,:; .■',..,.;>•■ ; • ;■■■••■: \' .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1655, 11 March 1886, Page 4
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119Disastrous Tussock Fire in Canterbury. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1655, 11 March 1886, Page 4
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