SERIOUS BUSH FIRES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8093, 10 January 1903, Page 1

SERIOUS BUSH FIRES.

.By 'JVleej-aph. Oisbnnie, January '.! The Hn;viv c,)n-<'i-i)i>ii<i.'iil. (if Hi" Herald telegraphs :-"Th" country around Muiwe is our imii.( M-." I'll 1 -!] lire, w liidi i . being fanned l.y a Mc.u:: w.M. rly wind. 'l'll,-, settler.- ,i'iv li.ivine. (i. nm.-t. uyiin: experience, (11.■ ir liiimol'-Mds 1■ ■ -i11!■; surrounded liy Imn.ine. ire.".. SparU front I lie hush Wp falling nn 1.. Hi- root, uf (!)■> duvllingn. 'Hi.' sielu uf 111'' Ininiiiui' lives is must, beautiful M watch at ni..;h(. fur those not interested. Mr Cooper is .slated In ho a hc.uv li'M-r, li.--vino. !,..>.( three thousand .sheep and all his oulhuil.lini;'., :il-u timber sawn fur Ids new building, .laute.s Cooper came through with .i. parly of ladies, mid had a most. thrilling fNporieiuv in driving through the liiv and Miufo for fourlvcn miU'.s, al link's having In make lli.-i horses gallop. Thoy were, .stopped at times by large burning trees falling across tho roiid." LlltM". Assuring roport.s a.s to tho bush fires havo boon received from iMorore. It is. believed the loss will not be nearly as nival, as wiw at first feared. Numerous exciting adventures arc reported. The mail coach, which arrived from Morero this owning, had a rough time. The coach left Wairoa yesterday morning, and everything went well till it got past Mihika. township. From thence to the Morero hot springs the country on both sides of tho road was on fire. Tho heat wa.s stifling and the smolce suffocating, and it was impossible to see ahead. Big trees wore falling with a crash, terrifying the horses, and it was only by careful driving that they were persuaded to keep on the, track. The coach reached Morcrc at flvo o'clock. The journey to Gisborne was continued this morning! burning trees on the track being removed. The couch pushed through with all haste, and it waa lucky the driver did so, ns Clio fire sprang up again behind him. The fires in the Motu district necessitated some families burying their furniture. In one cn.so the ladies had to ilee to the green bush. ,