REST HOUSE THREATENED.
CASHMERE HIEI.S OUTBREAK. (By Telegraph.—Presa Association.) CURISTCHURCIT, this day. A grass lire swept 201) acres of land on the Cashmere Hills last evening. The ilames were within .~>o yards of the LcWisham Sisters' rest house, and only the efforts of -10 men, mostly summoned hurriedly from the city, saved the building, which the sisters had prepared to evacuate.
The men had a feverish fight for an hour against a strong wind.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 112, 15 May 1933, Page 3
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74REST HOUSE THREATENED. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 112, 15 May 1933, Page 3
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