SPECTACULAR BLAZE
I DESTRUCTION OF BUSH. . [ Pei Press Association. I AUCKLAND, Feb. 13. Much valuable bush was destroyed /e jin a fierce and spectacular fire which C. 'swept through 250 acres of the Foresid pry Department's plantation between in Chelsea and Kauri Point, last even3. j »ng. j Leaping 40ft. high, the flames at {one time threatened to leap across the fire break in a bush reverve. No (water supply was available, but a large army of volunteers assisted the I brigadesmen in beating out the ■ flames. c I Some fear was felt for the safety t |of lhe naval armament depot at 1 Kauri Point, but the flames were sub- ? (dued without it being necessary to use c I the powerful water hydrants at the t (.depot. ’ s | Dense volumes of smoke drifted t j along North Shore, almost as far as t Devonport. * t ts I c
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 8
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149SPECTACULAR BLAZE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 8
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