"• .. : ■.■)>? Hh' <i ->■-:...• .-. ;:- i j.r~;-L-ii>}' The carelessness of a harvest hand has resulted in a seribris'fire in : Easf'Canterl>ury. T^e'Lytteltm "Times says that a man named Daniel '"VVTiite, was 'employed, "by^MessrS Wright^ and; Murray, of. Lincqln, < as One .oif their hands , for harvest, .work. . A field of wheat nearly one hundred acres in extent, ha<d been readied aiid lay ready for binding anil stacking..^ f /^he^labpijffer we. have named lighted 'h^ pipe, and carelessly tHre\v away th;e niitch- among the born. -T^ strong north 1 wijst wind ■ was^blowing at tlie ; tune, / whicfe c^g^'^efliinie^an^^ till the;whole crop Was bonsiiined. ,' The loss is estimated at noti far. from, one thousand; pounds,. :;■••:■■'■'■-
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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 180, 7 March 1867, Page 2
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107Untitled Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 180, 7 March 1867, Page 2
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