HUNDREDS OF BLAZES.
FIRES IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE WORST SINCE 1906. SPARKS FROM A GRANDSTAND {By Cable.—'Press Association.—Copyright.) 10.30 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. The recent series of fires Mayor Rolph described as the worst that San Francisco has experienced since 1906. The damage is estimated at 300,000 doilars. There were a hundred separate blazes in the residential district started by blazing embers borne by the wind from a wooden baseball grandstand, where the fire originated.— (A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 7 June 1926, Page 7
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