BUSH FIRES.
IBt Ticlsqraph.i (Our Own Corretpondent.J Pahiatua, Thib Dat. Heavy bush fires have been raging ail round the distriot, the town on Saturday being in the dense smoke. Heavy rains have since fallen. Palukrston North, This Dat. Bush fires were racing furiously on Saturday in the Bunnythorpe and Fitzherbert districts. Hundreds of acres of grass have been destroyed, and fenoes, and in many cases stock, were burnt. b ain fell during the evening and yesterday, and danger to tattlers' houses is' now averted. Masterton, This Dat. Bush fires at Eketahuna placed soveral houses in danger on Saturday. Exceedingly rough and wet weather is now being experienced.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1894, Page 2
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107BUSH FIRES. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 48, 26 February 1894, Page 2
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