DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.
SERIOUS LOSSES TO SETTLERS. (BY TKLKORAI'II OWN CORnKSPOKPKST). Fahiatka, Last Night. DESTRUCTIVE lircs raped yesterday in the Maugalr'a d : striot. Several settlers were burnt out and much damage was done. Rain tell early tins morning. At Carterton yes'erduy bush fires, fanned by the north west wind, raged a'ong the f ice of the Tararua Hi'.ls behind Jiclviderc and Dalesfield. Fences and sheds and a few sheep were destroyed. Rain checked the fires at midnight.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 233, 11 January 1898, Page 2
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