SERIOUS BUSH FIRES
DANGER AT QUEENSTOWN (P.A.) Invercargill, Jan, 9. Serious bush fires are raging tonight near Queenstown. The camping ground on the western side of the town has been evacuated, and late tonight many campers were seen on the roadside with their baggage beside them. All gear has been removed from the ground. Some visitors who had caravans have already left Queenstown. All available men. including visitors, are out to-night lighting the flames, which are being fanned by a strong south-west wind, and making firebreaks. A close watch is being kept on the power supply plant. Queenstown itself Is not in danger as long as the wind remains in the south-west.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 7, 10 January 1944, Page 5
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