FIRES AT DANNEVIRKE.
SETTLERS FIGHTING FLAMES. 1 TWO HOUSES DESTROYED. BY TELKGIUI'II— PUESS ASSOCIATION'. DANNEVIRKE, January 11. The Waoine correspondent of the "Daily Press" telegraphs that great damage has been done by bush fires. On Friday night Peck's four-roomed house was destroyed. Early this morning a son of Mr McHardy was awakened by the window of his room falling in, and , the house was discovered to be on fire. McHardy and his family had to make a hasty retreat in their night clothes. The house, whi<:h contained seven rooms, was destroyed. The bush fires extend right from Waione to Pongaroa, and it is dangerous to travel in the district. Settlers round the Waione township are fighting the fires.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9026, 13 January 1908, Page 5
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