BUSH FIRES.
ON COLUMBIA COAST. „.,qA i .Jotfi... FAMILIES BURNT OUT. ■QBy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 8, 5.5 p.m. x Vancouver, July 7The wind last night fanned the bush fires along the British Columbia coast, caused by weeks of drought, and burning a number of small settlements, summer resorts and fishing villages, including the returned soldier settlement at Merville, Vancouver Island, where 50 families are homeless. The loss of standing timber in the province is already estimated at two hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1922, Page 5
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84BUSH FIRES. Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1922, Page 5
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