PEAT FIRES
RAGING IN HAMILTON SWAMPS.
(Per Press Association, Copy-Tight)
HAMILTON, January 11. Thick fog accentuated by smoke from peat fires that have been raging in the swamps adjacent to- the town made for unpleasant conditions this morning in Hamilton, and visibility in the main street was limited to fifty yards.
The fires had been smouldering fully a month ; and as a result of the long spell of dry weathtr, have burst in to flame igniting belts belts ol scrub and ti tree. Property damaged is very slight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 January 1935, Page 6
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