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bush fire in argonne forest. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.25 a.m. to-day. PARIS, March 30. War time memories were revived at Argonne Forest, xvhere, in the course of a bush fire, .hundreds of shells and cartridges which had been buried in the undergrowth for ten years, exploded. The air all day resounded with shell bursts. The presence of troops fighting the flames heightened the battle suggestion.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 April 1929, Page 5
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