BUSH FIRE AT WAOTU.
" It is an ill wind that blows nobody good, and the proverb was fully borne out at Waotu last week, as the heavy rain which fell on Fiiday and Saturday, to the annoyance of the fanners, was the sole minus of saving the splendid totara bu-h at To Waotai. The tiro originated oa Wednesday night in the edge of the bush ; how, nobody knoivs, and as the flames leapt from tree to)) to tree top, the giant totaras c une crashing down, all hope of saviiicr the bush seemed lost. The settlers worked energetically, felling timber and doing their utmost to prevent the spread of the Haines, but their efforts were futile. Providentially on l'Viday and Saturday the rain came down in toirents, and saved the bush, the mill, the duellings of the workmen, and some thousands of feet of sawn timber from destruction. As it is the loss is considerable, a largo number of posts being burned besides a largo quantity of standing timber being destroyed. The hre is not yet completely out, but may ba said to be mastered.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2585, 5 February 1889, Page 2
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185BUSH FIRE AT WAOTU. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2585, 5 February 1889, Page 2
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