BUSH FIRES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 25 January 1907, Page 2

BUSH FIRES

OITIiKKAK IN I'UKJiHINAU ■ " DISTRICT. r| , l'er Press Association (1 , I'aiiinlua, January 24. ~ Intensive bush tiros arc raging in l 0 tin- PuUcliiiiau district, tiardner and ( [ Woman's sawmill was onlv saved by ~ lne great ell'oits of the mill hands. ;v , i'arkcr, who was assisting to savo s tli« mill, had his house burned, and i, will he a heavy loser, being uninsured.. • i. l!iiin stopped the spread of the fire. ~ AKK.V DKYACTATKI) IN OTAtiO. Dtmcdin, January 24. 1 About 150 acres of bush at' Jack's .j Point was burned last night. UHHAT UAJIACK IN~,SOUTIILANI). Invercargil), January 2*. jf The bush iires are now under vmtrol, heavy rain having stayed tile progress, but owing to the dry, peaty nuture of the soil a week's downpour is rci|iiirc,l (o extinguish, them. Mr Tic-cder and Mr ilanan, M.U.R., are now on a visit 0 f inspection. Many of the sullorers are struggling sCtlleiv, who will probably rci|uii« Government assistance in ' the way of grass seed, etc., to take advantage of the big burn. The bulk of the bosh detroved was practically worked out, The damage to sawmills amounts to C4OOO, and 44.000 acres of bu-h is all'ectcd. DESTRUCTIVJO FIRKS l.\ CAXTKKBURY. Timaru, dnnnarv 24. l-'olimving two days of hot u'or'-weat weather, there have been mmreroiH grass firus, and several patches of crojis have been burned. In one ease, a Waitohi farmer named Williamlost 50 acres of oats and some wheat. The most serious fira of the kind oc eiiire.l „„n|, „f (1,,,,-j ve-tenlay afternoon. .\ !»,•„,. „,-,.,, ;,r tussock and grass hmd was burned, and u house occupied by two setters named Washington was two settlers named Washington was destroyed. Tlio men were away final homo, and the two wives, with eight snia I eliil.hvu. were rescued witii, diflieullv. 'the trains are responsible for starting some ol ilie lives. Half (1,,, park in Orari was burned today, and anolhcr lire started a mile further north, both by the express train.