HEATH FIRES
MENACE TO ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE British Official Wireless (Received June 23, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, June 22. Over 1000 soldiers, directed by aeroplanes, spent to-day fighting' a heath and forest fire which broke out this morning at Tunnel Hill, near Aidershot. A strong wind and the dry condition of the undergrowth caused the flames to spread rapidly, and the fire had progressed eight miles before the troops gained control.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 6
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69HEATH FIRES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 6
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