BUSH FIRES.
AN ALARMING OUTBREAK. By Telegraph—Press Association. Whangarei, Saturday. A fire which broke out in the "Whakatiri district on Tuesday is now assuming alarming proportions, and is covering an area eight miles long and half a mile wide. Continued dry weather has caused a shortage of feed and some farms are nearly devastated. One farmer milking fifty cows on 200 acres had more than half of his feed destroyed. The cocksfoot crops are also destroyed. The fire is still raging,..and the settlers have engaged all available hands to 'beat it out, ibut the only hope is heavy ibfr It is impossible to estimate* jumage.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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105BUSH FIRES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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