Galloped Through Flames to Safety
TRAPPED IN BUSH FIRE PACKER’S DASH FOR LIFE {From Our Own Correspondent) THAMES, To-day. Trapped on a bush-track by fire, a packer. Edward Morrison, was burned in several places before he could escape. His two dogs perished in the flames. Morrison was packing goods on the Puriri-Neavesville track. When nearing the old gold mining works he ran into a bush fire, which soon surrounded him, cutting off his retreat. Flames approached nearer and nearer, and Morrison, discarding the load from his pack-liorse, mounted the animal bareback and galloped through the flames to safety. His clothes were burned in places and the horse’s legs blistered.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 613, 15 March 1929, Page 1
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109Galloped Through Flames to Safety Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 613, 15 March 1929, Page 1
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