SERIOUS BUSH FIRES.
[by telegraph.— press association.] Chiustchurch, Friday. A telegram from Akaroa this afternoon states that a serious bush fire is raging there. H. Aylmer's run has been swept'; he lostmany sheep. Knox'sfarmwasalsoswept; the house was just saved, although scorched. The fire is rapidly spreading toward's Taswell's and Hay's runs. . At Little River (Watkins) the bush is burning. A northwest £ale is spreading the fires in every direction. Unless rain falls the outlook will become serious, as the country is so dry.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9307, 9 March 1889, Page 5
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