GREAT BUSH FIRE.
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IMMENSE LOSSES. ELAMIvS TRAVEL EASTER THAN EXPRESS TRAIN. MANY FARMERS TiCTtNED OUT. i Ri-ccivcii January 22, 'J.J2 p.m.) SYDNEY. January 22. Tie- whoV district between Corowti and (hdcairn lias beer. .-Wept, by a bush lire, -..hic-h is -.-ippoocU to have originat■•d from a spark front a pipe, or match thrown down by a farm employee. The fire, under tho influence of a blistering hot wind, spread with marvellous rapidity. At one point tbo fWiin-a travelled faster titan tho mail train. rortiliuitely. most of the wheat is harvested, but liie damago to stock, cropr, am! grass is heavy. M ool.di d-, u.achinrry, and buildings were swept away. A great many small farmers are burnt out. At Brae Spr. ngs station two tbon-t-uid sheep jk.-i isinxl, and at Gerogery We t. utation ten thousand acres were ■a'opt by tile llamen, and twelve hun-ui,-l sheep were burnt. ' ■ ■ lire less been subdued at Culc:;ivn.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5804, 23 January 1906, Page 5
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163GREAT BUSH FIRE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5804, 23 January 1906, Page 5
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