SAVED
DA KGAVfXK— Battling for "ver three hours in t.heat and smoke, about 30 voluntary fire-fi filters saved a farmhous : threatened by a scrub fire which swept over part of the Tatarariki district, about 10 miles from Dargaville. The home endangered Was-that of Mr P. Mari tkovich. Fanned ,)y a strong breeze, the flames travelled at high speed through 1 ght - scrub, traversing several properties be fore being put out. The area covered was about a mile long and i, 300 yards wide. — (Sp.| * l* •
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Northern Advocate, 10 March 1948, Page 7
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85SAVED Northern Advocate, 10 March 1948, Page 7
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