RAGING FIRES.
Forest Blaze Out of Control In California.
EXCITING SCENES
LOS AN(J ELKS, November 24.
Forest (ires are raging and are out of control iri three counties iri Southern
( alifornia. They have destroyed the Arrowhead Springs Hotel, which cost 1.000.000 dollars, and burned 700 homes in tlie Santa Monica mountains, several of the homes being valued at over £12,000.
A school bus loaded with children is reported to be stranded ill the danger /one. The homes of several notable people in the famous Malibu film colony appear to be doomed, including those of Madeleine Carroll, actress, and Frank Lloyd, director.
Scores of persons have been treated for burns, but no deaths are reported. The total property damage is estimated at over £750,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 279, 25 November 1938, Page 7
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