By Telegraph—Pres. Association— Copyrlfbt (Received July 13, 1 aim.) AMSTERDAM, July 12. The “Berliner Tageblatt” states that a great turf fire is raging at Scheweges, near Oshabrueck, and already ten thoi> sand tons' of turf have been destroyed. Forest fires, extending many kilometres, are burning between Witmohenau and Zeisholz, in Saxony. Several villages are threatened- The inhabitants have evacuated. The forest belonging to the convent at Morkenstern has been completely destroyed. Military trench-diggers are fighting the conflagration.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9094, 13 July 1915, Page 5
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