FIRE AT NEWTOWN
FIVE ACRES OF BUSH ABLAZE.
A mischievous boy is allege)? to have started a fire at the south end of Newtown Park shortly before * or cine* yesterdav afternoon," which spread through the bush with great rapidity. In response te a call the Constable street fire station sent a motor-reel with a dozen firemen to the scene. After an arduous fight with the flames the hrigadesmen managed to beat out the blaze before it could get among the pine trees in the park. About five acres of bush were burnt. The police were subsequently engaged in investigating the cause of the outbreak, and more is likely to be heard of the matter.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10849, 15 March 1921, Page 4
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114FIRE AT NEWTOWN New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10849, 15 March 1921, Page 4
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