RUSSIAN TIMBER.
Great Conflagration at Hull Docks. MIDLAND MOORS ALIGHT. LONDON", September 1. The finest August experienced in England for a century closed with the worst fire for 50 years, which raged all night in Hull docks. The fire broke out in stacks of Russian timber in the Alexandra dock. All the ships in the docks had to be moved. Thousands of volunteers aided every available fireman in preventing the flames spreading. Trains were used to rush salvaged timber from the danger zone. The flames rose 50ft into the air and were visible for 30 miles. Many moorland fires are burning in the Midlands, including an area of eight square miles near Doncaster, which has been blazing four days. The proprietors of the Reading brewery came to the rescue of thirsty villagers in the Burghfield district, to whom they sent water in beer casks. Thousands of birds have died of thirst in East Anglia and elsewhere.
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Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 9
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