Bush Fires in Taranaki.
MAWERA, February 11
Bush fifes, from which a great part of the district has happily been heretofore free, broke out on the Auroa and Manguwbero Roads, and the Stratford-Opunake Road on Sunday.
Grass and bush burned fiercely, the flames travelling at a terrific rate.
Geary's new house, also the sheds belonging to Campbell, Satcheli, and Searle, were burnt. Other places were saved, with the utmost difficulty„the bands of workers being blinded ,and 'exhausted by smoke and heat.
Territory two miles wide and four mi'es long has been devastated.
Parkes'and Brooke, sawmillers, lost timber and tramlines.
A number of bridges, a quantity of fencing, and much firewood was destroyed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9053, 12 February 1908, Page 5
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112Bush Fires in Taranaki. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9053, 12 February 1908, Page 5
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