FIRE IN CEMETERY
FIVE ACRES SWEPT [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] NAPIER, Wedneidi* An area of five acres at the Park Island cemetery was swept by a grass fire which went through the Roman Catholic and Church of England sec» tions before it burned itself out at a firebreak after an hour. The fir o ' which broke out shortly before o'clock this morning, is attributed to the hot exhaust of a motor mower making contact with dry grass. in many cases was over 2ft. in. lengt •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22935, 13 January 1938, Page 10
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