NIGHT OF TERROR.
FLAMES SWEEP VALXEY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) MOTUKKA, Wednesday. Fanned by a high wind, a fire last night swept through the Canaan Valley, on the Takaka Hills, near Motueka, consuming in its path the homestead of Mr. E. Sixtus, and the sheds, stable, haystacks and whares on the property of Mr. J. Sixtus, and causing heavy loss of stock and feed. When the flames passed, after a night of terror for the residents o4' the valley, all that remained was the homestead of Mr. J. Sixtus, saved by hours of strenuous fighting by the owner. Of 1000 shoep in the valley, only 50 were mustered to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 20
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108NIGHT OF TERROR. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 20
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