TARAWERA DISTRICT
P.A. AUCKLAND, This Day. The serious menace created by fires in the Tarawera area on Thursday were commented on by the conservator of forests in the Rotorua district, Mr. W. T. Morrison, yesterday. The fire spread, he said, from Tarawera Lake eastward, seriously threatening the tearooms at Te Wairoa, and at one stage were within 20 feet of the building. The occupiers of the building had to remove furniture from the score and dwelling, but as the fire was burning among the trees and scrub on the left hand side of the road it was possible to check its course. Mr. Morrison said that danger still existed at Tarawera, but the flames at present were under control, with only two or three small patches burning. It depended on the wind, as a change could cause a fresh outbreak. In addition to the tearooms, several Tourist Department hutments were in danger, but these also were saved. Mr. Morrison said that a fire-fighting crew was, standing by, together with members of the Army, in case of a further serious outbreak.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 8 January 1944, Page 6
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