TE AROHA BUSH FIRES.
UNDER CONTROL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Lisl Night. The lire on Tc Aroha mountain is subsiding. On Friday evening the fringe of tke llame was a mile long, and it advanced slowly down on the town, being watched by hundreds of people. Huge trees (iOft 'high we're levelled in an incredibly short, time, and the blaze made when the ilamc* ciiughi the big nikaii trees caused great illuminations. The natural bush and plantations which were destroyed will take years to replace. Late on Friday night the heat became intense, and so continued yesterday, but conditions are more |ileasant to-day, and the danger to the town Is past.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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111TE AROHA BUSH FIRES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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