PLANTATION ABLAZE
THOUSANDS OF ACRES. HOTEL BURNT DOWN. ■ CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Jollie’s Pass Hotel Avas destroyed, by fire at Hanmer last evening. Sparks blew into a. plantation and this morning several thousand acres of State forests Avere reported •to be ablaze, fanned by a 'strong nor-wester. —Press Assn.
FIRE UNDER CONTROL. HUNDREDS. OF ACRES DAMAGED. RAIN AIDS FIRE .FIGHTERS. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Hundreds of acres were destroyed ■before the fire fighters got control. Had heavy' showers of rain not fallen between seven and eight o’clock, the amount of damage would have been incalculably greater. At one stage the task of checking seemed almost impossible. The fire in .the hotel was discovered at three o’clock in the morning and the flames quickly had a good hold. The occupants, who were unable to save anything, made '-a. frenzied rush for safetv. —Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 22 October 1927, Page 9
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