SWEPT BY FIRE.
: n»ii».» ■ ■ . , WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION GREAT DISTRESS AT ; KAWHJA. ' STOCK ROASTED ALIVE. [by XELEGR *.wt.«~owH • cossa'Si.'O.vnsKr.j, ''''/'•-.-""■.■;■.■■'/ " ; : r'H:!NfI.S :; V ; .-V v : : I {j , ":'-v-' '-.rf': 1 v"> r : ■■ •■:'''-' '■'".:-'■■"'■':■:'::■■':'. " ■-:- Kawju*., Thursday. The bush fires in th. district are disastrous, and reports "from :To Rau-a-Moa estate that the settlers are having &very anxious time. The sinoka was so severe thai, the school children had in stay at school '10-:t night, Messrs/Douglas and T.'. Parkinson j-, settlers on the main coach road, hate had all'their.' furniture removed and buried. The former had a new cowshed and a quantity of fane-' ing destroyed, bub saved the housed Mr, / ■ Parkinson's eyes were hurt; and' Dr. Jenkins} found ' him absolutely blinded with smoke. The fence round .the Te Rau-a-Moa post office (Mr. Orrtisby's house) caught fir© •several tiroes, but the outbreaks were ex* tinguished. Tynan Bros., at Kinohaku, have lost a quantity of fencing and stock. The fires are severest at Oparau. Mr. Mcintosh has lost his house and stock, Mr. Bell his house, - and Trougton Bros, then home. Mr. Mcintosh, who will be remembered as a witness in -the-Kia. Orr wreck inquiry, he arid his family being ".passengers,' has lost a lot of.stock, but saved the milking cows after a hard fight. Mr. Clarson just saved bis house. The roads are, blockcd: in every direction, and such fires have never ten known bore. * At Awaraa the Bottlers are fighting. hard to save their homes. The same remark applies to Kiritehere and Marokopa.i Mr.■■! Elliott, of Oparau, lost 800 sheep in'one lot, : and Mr. Pei-hum had 200 sheep roasted, i There have been many hair-breadth escapes :■ among fire-fighters, and; great distress, pre-..: vails. :.. '■'■■■'■;;i-'y-yj < : ',::'' ;'/'/>.- ;''■■■. : ■'.;:■ "■.'/■: /;
OTAU BLOCK ON FIRE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED. [BY TSLEORAPH.—-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] OtjEVEDbN, Thursday. I. The Otau, Block, a fine piece of bush near Clevedou, is ablaze, and much destruction of valuable timber is likely to ensue. ; Several buildings ■ have been destroyed, and the settlers on the block, with the residents on the closely-settled land adjoining, are in consternation. The Government scenic reserve, a beautiful block of forest .country,, is in imminent danger of total destruction. J v '/ : ';, ; --- : '".'. j-.;- :'.'■.".;.''■:.-,:' . .:"";':■'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 5
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