BUSH FIRES.
IN NEW SOUTH WALES. LARGE AREAS SWEPT. SENSATIONAL ESCAPES. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Received December 15, 11.15 p.m. SYDNEY, December 15. Repoits received from the country are to the effect that there are de structive bush fires in all directions being especially bad in the Blue ' Mountains, and the South Coast district, where wide areas have been wsept. Great damage has been caused at Cowra. The fires are the worst on record. A thousand bags of wheat, hundreds of acres of standing corn, vast tracts of grass, and miles of fencing, have been destroyed. Large numbers of stock perished, and many settlers have lost their homes. The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. A number of sensational escapes are reported. Fire fighters and settlers were driven to seek refuge in creeks and dams. Rabbits largely helped to spread the fire. Their fur caught on fire, and they rushed madly amongst the standing crops.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19091216.2.18
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9668, 16 December 1909, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
156BUSH FIRES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9668, 16 December 1909, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in