FIRE SWEEPS VALLEY
PROPERTY AND STOCK LOST By Telegraph—Press Association MOTUEKA, March 29. Fanned by a high wind, fire on Tuesday night swept through Canaan Valley on the Takaka Hills, near Motueka, consuming in its path the homestead of Mr E. Sixtus, and sheds, stables, hay stacks and whares on the property of Mr J. Sixtus, and causing heavy loss of stock and feed. When the flames passed after a night of terror for the residents of the valley, all that remained was the homestead of Mr J. Sixtus, which was saved after hours of strenuous fighting by the owner. Of 1000 sheep in the valley only 50 were mustered to-day. A dramatic story was brought into Motueka this evening of the night-long fight of Mr J. Sixtus to save his home in carrying buckets of water single handed from a creek.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21308, 30 March 1939, Page 6
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142FIRE SWEEPS VALLEY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21308, 30 March 1939, Page 6
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