FIERCE FOREST FIRE.
LARGE AREA OF TIMBER DESTROYED,
MANY SAWMILLS AND BRIDGES BURNED,
United Press .\33ociation—By Electric Telegf aph Copyright, Received August 23, 9.5 p.m. NEW YORK, August 23.
A forest fire recalling those at Pernie in August last year, is raging in the Kootenan district.
Tijnfaer valued at a million dollars, many sawmills and several bridges on the Nelson-Roseland railway have been burned.
Valuable timber limits along the Arrow Lake are now burning and the forests near Oreston. The inhabitants of the town are safe.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9576, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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86FIERCE FOREST FIRE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9576, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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