FURTHER DESTRUCTION.
LIGNITE PIT IN FLAMES
RAILWAY LINE IN DANGER
v ; ;■..., Later. The bush fires' are still burning in Seaward Bush. Two more sawmills have been destroyed, and ten cottages in the vicinity are involved in the destruction. Ilaymand's lignite pit has been burning for a week. The seam runs under the Seaward Bush railway and unless the fire? is checked there is a danger of the, line collapsing. All the water for miles round Invercargill is- tainted"' Mrith the smoke. The rain which set in will have the effect of saving the threatened homesteads..
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 5005, 23 January 1907, Page 2
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95FURTHER DESTRUCTION. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 5005, 23 January 1907, Page 2
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