A blaze was caused at Birkenhead a little alter four o'clock on Saturday afternoon by the burning of a heap of pine-tree cuttings, and as it took place on the reclaimed land, near the wharf, it gave rise to ;■. rumour, which gained currency in town, thai the wharf had been destroyed by fire. I'll' 1 structure Has at no time in I danger of being set afire, but while (lie I green branches were burning a thick volume I of smoke crept upwards and, as seen from ! the city, gave sonic basis tor the conjecture that the whari or some building was on
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 8 April 1907, Page 5
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