Heat in Russia
FOREST FIRES RACING. DYNAMITE FACTORY IN' DANGER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright St. Petersburg, July 14. -inc greatest continuous heat for half ft century is being experienced. Monster ! forest fires are raging in every direction. | The effect of the drought on the crops is causing anxiety. A dynamite factory at Schlusselburg, Lake Ladoga, was for twenty-four hours threatened with destruction by great peat fireß. Troops endeavored to stifle the flames with liquid mud, but the wind changed to-day, and the factory was saved. J Sehlusselburg was an old fortress, and is now used as a prison town. It has ft population of 5285.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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104Heat in Russia Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 5
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