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SCRUB FIRE

EXTENSIVE OUTBREAK ; OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. TWO HUNDRED MEN FIGHT FLAMES. I (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. February 2. An extensive fire broke out on Murray Aynsley Hill yesterday after noon, and seriously threatened the residential area. The fire was fought by more than 200 lire fighters and. ; though outbuildings of the custodian's I house at Gleneig, a childrens health | camp, were destroyed, the fire was prei vented from reaching the house itself. | At 4.30 o'clock the outbreak was under j control, but a watch was arranged for ) the rest of the night. The fire started in scrub on the east side of the hill, near Glenmore j quarry, and quickly spread to the j Gleneig property, formerly owned by IMr C. M. Olliver and recently purj chased as a site for a children's health j camp. The most serious damage was done ! when the fire swept, through a planta- ) non of pines and 400 to 500 trees were destroyed. The lire was arrested be-| I fore it. reached Rapaki Road. The wooden roof of the reservoir was burnt out, and the fire fighters had a terrific struggle to save the custodian's house. All the outbuildings were gutted but the house itself was saved. The value of the Home Guard was made manifest, as many guardsmen turned out to augment the fighters alseadjr on the spot. During the after-1 noon an appeal was broadcast, and i this brought a ready response. Helpers armed with beaters and shovels did ‘ valiant work, and by their efforts pre-1 vented the tire from spreading to the more thickly populated areas. Though | it is outside the tire area, an engine I from ’die Christchurch Fire Brigade; went out. but was hampered in its I operations by the lack of a good water, supply. I

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 2

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SCRUB FIRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 2

SCRUB FIRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1941, Page 2

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