FIRES IN AMERICA.
OIL AND FOREST AREAS.
ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION.
TIMELY RAIN IN CALIFORNIA.
OTHER OUTBREAKS REPORTED.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association (Received September 19, 7.45 p.m.)
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 18.
The latest reports to hand from Ventura and San Diego state that the oil and forest areas which were on fire yesterday became stretches of steam tonight after heavy rains had. quenched tho flames. Enormous damage was dono by the fires. San Diego, especially will suffer bocause of hor devastated watorshed. Probably the city will remain without a proper supply of water until the trees grow again. Forest fires in the Stateu of Oregon and Washington are spreading before hot, driving winds. Several largo areas are now burning.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20365, 20 September 1929, Page 13
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