MORE BUSH FIRES. MORE DAMAGE AT MATAHIWI.
[BT TELEGBAr-H. — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] MASTERTON, This Day. Another fire is reported fioni Matahiwi. It came across from tho direction of Mount Bruce, destroyed 70 acres of bush reserve, 500 acres of grass and badly damaged fences. A small aiea was also damaged at Tc Whiti. TARANAKI IN TROUBLE. [BT TELEGBAPH. — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] HAWERA, This Day. Bush fires, from which a great part of the district has happily- been heretofore free, broke out on the Auroa and Mangawhero roads, and the Stratford-Opunake-road on Sunday. Grass and bush burned fiercely, the flames travelling at a terrific rate. Geary's new house, also the sheds belonging to Campbell, Satchell, and Srorle, were burnt. Other places were saved with the utmost difficulty, the bands of workers being blinded and exhausted by smoke and heat. Territory two miles wide and four miles long has been devastated. Parkes and Hiookc, sawmillers, lost timber and tram lines. A number of bridges, a quantity of fencing, and much was destroyed.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 35, 11 February 1908, Page 8
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