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FRONT A MILE WIDE. . TOWNSHIP IN DANGER. 1000 MEN FIGHT TO SAVE IT. ay CABLE- PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received 10.40 a.m. to-dav. MELBOURNE, May 17. A bush fire, backed by a strong northerly gale, is advancing on a mile front on the township of Balnaring. Trainees from, the Flinders naval department were despatched to the scene. Over one thousand men are fighting to save the township. The wind shows no signs of abating.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 May 1927, Page 5
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75MENACED BY FIRE Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 May 1927, Page 5
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