DISASTROUS FIRES
I PEKING, May 9. Half of the town of Kirin, in Man- : ehuria, principally wooden buildings, has been burnt. The fir© caused immense destruction, and many persons perished. " TO'KIO, May 9.
The town of Yamagata is burning. Thousands of houses, including banks, schools, and law courts, have already been destroyed. Two thousand houses at Yamagata city were burned, and many persons were killed.
VANCOUVER, May 9
Scores of settlers have been rendered homeless by forest fires at Prince Albert (Saskatchewan).
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Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 29
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82DISASTROUS FIRES Otago Witness, Issue 2983, 17 May 1911, Page 29
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