FOREST FIRE PERIL
FIGHT BY CANADIANS THREE DEATHS INVOLVED (Reed. June 5, 9 a.m.) QUEBEC, June 3. Government officials report that thousands of men continue to fight against seemingl.v-endless forest fires, 190 miles north of Quebec. The fires, travelling at the rate of about 20 miles an hour, burned over an area of 600,000 square miles. Three deaths are reported. Some mills were destroyed. Others have been closed while the men battle with the flames.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20573, 5 June 1941, Page 5
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75FOREST FIRE PERIL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20573, 5 June 1941, Page 5
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