FIRES.
IN AUSTRALIA
SERIOGS DAMAGE DONE. (Received 29. 9.10 a.m.) Brisbane. Dee. 29. The worst bush fires experienced in Crow Nest di strip*' are raging. The damage '-cs alone is estimated over,/*' Ji A number of hut* ami shed' zc al-o burned. Sydney, Dec. 2f). Bush fires are raging in Glenn Innes district. The big saw mills .and also the residence adjoining the i town have been dost roved.
RESH >ENTS POWER LESS
Sydney. Dec. 29. At Narrabri fire spread with great, rapidity. Most of the buildings were weatherboard and there was no firefighting apparatus available. The water supply was also poor, and the residents were compelled to stand piactieally idle and watch the blaze. The whole of the chief business block was destroyed. Many of the occupants lost everything but their night attire. .£20.000 is a low estimate of the damage. WOOLWORKS DESTROYED. At midnight lire broke out in Messrs. Elliott and Co.’s, woolscourers, at Botany and destroyed the wash-house. Jhe engine-shed, the wool-loft and a large quantity of wool. The damages are estimated at £15.000. but ar 0 covered by in- 1 siiranc-?. j
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 14, 29 December 1911, Page 5
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186FIRES. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 14, 29 December 1911, Page 5
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