QUENCHING FOREST FIRES.
BIG GUNS AS RAINMAKERS. HEAVY CANNONADING PROPOSED. (Received 1 p.m.) NEW YORK. August 26. Tbe authorities of the State of Washi ington, where the forest fires are still I blazing furiously, are conferring with J the commandant of the Coast Artillery I with a view to the simultaneous firim? iof the big guns of the fort and aboard 1 the -warships on the Pacific Coast, in the j hope that the cannonading will cause ! rainfall, extinguishing the forest fires.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 203, 27 August 1910, Page 5
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82QUENCHING FOREST FIRES. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 203, 27 August 1910, Page 5
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