An Anxious Time.
MOMSTER FOREST FIRE. HEAT AND DROUCHT EFFECTS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 11.20 a.m.) St. Petersburg, July 14. The greatest continuous heat felt for half a century is being experienced. Monster forest fires are raging in every directioin. The effect of the drought on crops is causing anxiety. A dynamite factory at Schlusselburg, like Ladoga, for 24 hours was threatened by destruction by great peat fires. Troops endeavored to stifle the flames with liquid mud. The wind changed to-day, and the factory was saved.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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89An Anxious Time. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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