TOWN IN DANGER.
POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES.
THE TOWN SAVED BY RAIN,
Hobakt, this day. An immense bush fire threatened to annihilate the township of Dundas. The powder magazine caught tiro and exploded, the building being demolished. A heavy rainfall saved the town at a critical time.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1892, Page 3
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