THE BUSH FIRES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 5

THE BUSH FIRES.

: APITI STILL IN DANGER. (ni lEr.EOßirn— speoia:, -coitRBPOKnEST.) Fcilding, February 5. 'The fires around Apiti still continue their work of devastation, and reports received today state that it is impossible to form an accurate idea of the number of stock lost owing to the dense smoke, but there is : reason; to believe that the loss is considerable. '• A settler reports that the Table Flat Creamery, which has been threatened oil several .occasions, has at last been swept away. If this is correct, the position is extremely unfortunate for the dairy company, which ,a fow days ago had its factory destroyed. '.Tlid 'smoke'was exceedingly denso and suffocating last night. SShere is still considerable anxiety regarding the safety of the township, as a strong wind is blowing. (nr TEi-EcnAPU—Piiras AssociATioN.) ' Felldlng, February 5. !The Apiti Dairy Company's creamery (it 'Table. Flat was ; destroyed by bush liro last night.'- ' . . •' ;•. • ' The fires arc still burning m the Apiti and 1 Rangiwalii.vdistricts. There is no immediate danger, but unless tho rain comes or the tvinn keeps down, there may be serious damage within the next weok.' ILRTHER. LOSSES AROUND,. f DANNEVIRKE. . 'j-'-Cnr TEi.EfiiiArn—l'KEss AssociATroK.) , •• DannevirUc, February 5. During tho ■ last .fety l days . tho bush, fires have-subsided somewhat, but this aftcniooii 1 a./frbsli;wind • fanned up. the fires in the fin- . piri district aiear Danncvirke; and consider- | ah|a 'damagc was done. ' \ •: On tho tramway to Holt's sawmill. fivo big bridges, were destroyed, and 100 chains ot i':train • line. • : ... ! At 'Jlcssrs.. Anderson, Soil,.and Co. s mill tho workmen's huts were destroyed, and tho : fetaWps. burnt, but. the horses and the other Cqn,t(uits were saved. Tho mill ,:was tialis'dismantled, but there is no water, and : tfio plant.is in gravedanger.., _ .. : ( The country between-herp and Waipawa is £ terribly .- dry and burnt itip... ■ Serious conse:.qusuc6s are. feared-unless rain comes soon. [Farmers arc suffering greatly through the I loss 6f> by ■ fire, :and have to make forced I EqlesJtj) prevent. starvation of stock. .

. i MSI! TRAMWAY DESTROYED. • (til' IT'ELECRAPII —rRESS ASSOCIATION.) 'Dargaville, February 5. ■ A! {ire. at thebush'"workings 'of Messrs.' M'CrXPgnr' and Harris, contractors for tho .KauriTiinber Company, has destroyed nearly tho whole new'traimvav, ai/1 a number of logs. . The damage, is estimated at about £1000.' ._ ;; .. ~ : .'HAWKE'S BAY' INSURANCE CLAIMS.' , ... . ' ' .Napier, February 5. " •/As a sign, o£:thc losses that 'have had recently ''to; be faced by r tho ■ insurance : companies Mil-connection''with the bush fires-and other-causes, -it., may''be. stated "that firms doing;'business 'in Hawke's Day. hail (hiring' tljo, month .of 'January ; to pay out-no leus a sum than"; £16,567, as claims on their policies., In'i addition to this ■ there were other small .losses,''-the'amounts of which are not' obtainable. •