BUSH FIRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 2

BUSH FIRES.

HAi.JNi; i\ sol 'J'IILAMj. CitLAT Ur.si j(l (TluJS' UV rnurLtuA. ; NCULKUS l)i'' SAWMILLS ])l-;. STiiOYEJ). 11AILWAV .STATION liUKXlvi). .SliT'lLi-libS I''K,IITI\(f J.'OJt TJiKUt IRUIKS. NAKIIOW LSCAI'J'X ''*Vo A!ION Li.l'OltTKD MISSING. I l '- 1 - l'lc-.s A'social ion. l.iv-.T ( -;u-iIJ, .laniiarv 21. <■"■!' !»■'•■< continue to rag, at St.. '•" ll l " 1 - 1 ' ""'I I'iniii.l about. A .' ■n; ina,.„| lln f t . c ., )llt j mi „.| ,'. U V t:liil '-"-''li'« "KllcM i„nc been •relighting for days, and v.o.k i ; , al-u;,i:'--"'.;ov' U -''' t ' l i'' "'"' ■'' Lxl '" l - : - v ' l " !,i ' '•'rove, w-u'lM.-'a '- ; "•";'•■■ "'"i '* wa„ nhuo-.t completely destroyed j; M,. , CHlli-lllVl. H i- :a..t Unit Hi.. , ( ..u, rs j„ t , r . '•■.'■""ly are i...^i. W th.o.wi, „ lvi .„, oi terror, j 1,,, women jon. tie „.'".-., b: ligliuug (.. „„-,. Hum,- i,0„,,., \\nl!.uv's mil in lledgebop, „,, completely destrnycl. JI is bo.ic-VO.L l«i !»' nisiiivd, but no particular.i arc mailable. I'r.u-l.iealiy ti:e whole of Scawai i Jiush, from (ieorgclotvii to liorge lloa.l, a distance of nineteen miles ° : . on Jirc. The Tisbury .-awmiil, owned by Jlr l''air.vether, wl.i.-l, cui out alioni two year-, ago, \\a, demolished, along with lour houses in tin: vicinity. The railway Nation at 'i'i.-burv was destroyed. A bacon factory, built of brick, was tiirealeiied, a skyliglu. igniting several Miles ..f fencing have been burned. liroad and ISmall's sawmill, between .Tisbury and_ \\'aiinatua, and Timpauy Jlro.-.' sawmill at Waiinatiia, were eon'iji etely destroyed. Viith chains of tram nay. John Timpauy and Diehard Lloyd, who were protecting a bridge, had n narrow encapc. 'The lire surrounded them, and they made a dash through the bush, dually taking refuge in a walerhole, where they kept the flumes oil' by throwing water on the surrounding bushes. After remaining for three hours, they found their way 'to Woodlands' tramline, where they were picked up exhausted by a party with a trolley.

At Tisbury, two men who were try ing to >:ive ti (juantity of oats an. chaff were in grave danger, und hat to ily for their lives.

A lad driving a dray through th. bush had to remove the horse an. abandon the vehicle, which was burm on the road.

The evening train from iuvercavgill was unable to get past. Tisbury sawmills are insured, but the amounts are not definitely ascer. tamable. Timpnny has iJIoUD in the Conimerci.il Union. lie estimates his loss at £ISOO.

It, i» reported that two men nr missing, but there is 110 coiiiiiuialio; of tlie report.