GREAT FIRE AT SMEATON.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 21, 20 January 1863, Page 3

GREAT FIRE AT SMEATON.

correspondent of the Creswick Advertiser ■'■;'■ i. 3) s a 3' s: — "This district was visited on jS hiesclay with the most destructive five which ■•"*■*' yet been known. I believe it was about twelve >C\t ick at noon when the fire was first discovered r ' J * 1 ie pacldock of Mr Minsters, opposite the Three les Hotel, and in ajvery short time about 20 7)- 3 of his crop were destroyed. Thence it at- ■ ed the crop of Mr M 'Coll, and as quickly D^ ihilated about 35 acres. Beyond this it assumed ! c crigantie proportions, and attacked Mr Mark ln^? :r's farm, from various parts, and entirely condisp e dthewholeofliisproduce,bothinthefield"andin mua z with the exception of about three acres; mat n'tr consumed the produce of 97 out of 100 ded s.° Mr Mofffttt, adjoining, has been nearly as ■I t a sufferer, having lost about 70 acres of his i'J^ ie same journal reports a conflagration at the . oj e f er y . — « Wednesday last was one of the '^ c*e * est days we have had for some time, the thcrletcr showing upwards of 100 degrees in the s n c. In the afternoon the news spread that the ° etery was on fire, a report which proved to >rrect. Mr White, the sexton, at abDut two noticed the grass on fire, which, whilst a n ? > north wind blew high, communicated to the ougi ■» . iunij -