FIRES.
MOUNTAIN RESORTS DESTROYED
"FIRE-FIGHTERS" SPREAD THE i'LAMES.
By Tolcffraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rcc. August li, 5.5 p.m.) New York, August 5. Forest fires ravaged a huge area in San Bernardino, California, and destroyed a number of mountain resorts. The fire is now under control. Mexican fire-fightcrs are known to have deliberately spread tlio flames in order to ensure employment in fire-fighting. 110 DOUSES BURNED. Budapest, August i. By a- fire in the village of Runatopova one hundred and ten houses were destroyed, together with much corn and a number of cattle. Three hundred people are homeless. DAIIAGE ,£6OOO. Sydney, August 5. A fire at Bangaloiv, 350 miles north of Sydney, destroyed five shops, doing damage to the amount of
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1199, 7 August 1911, Page 5
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