BUSH FIRES.
DAMAGE IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT. SHEEP AND CATTLE BURNED. Press Association. AUCKLAND, Feb. 25. The fire fiend is still active in some country districts, and reports of extensive damage came to hand from To Arolia, Matamata, and Pokeno. Swamp fires have done much damage to the grass and flax sections of the Hunglnmga swamp, and in places it has been burned down to the clay subsoil. At Pokeno valuable swamp lands have been devastated, while from Matamata is reported the outbreak of a serious bush fire on the Okania clearing., which - destroyed a fourroomed cottage, the property of Mr. F. Blackman, and a number of sheep. Iho Waitekauri Goldmining Company had a narrow escape with part oi its mining plant, the tramway bridges and the hoppers at tho head of the aerial tramway only being saved with considerable difficulty, the shortage of water making tho task of fighting the fire a difficult one.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2125, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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