BUSH FIRE IN TASMANIA.
Many Buildings Destroyed. Press* Association.— T^legrapiii.^C'opy?iglit \* f H^ceivod 3>ecem^er 8, 10.20 a-». 1 HO^AET, December's/ Btish fires, fed by a strong' galß.Vragcd tlll^ 'Saturday afternoon, wh'eli ?ne rain checked them. ' * Abo&t 4^)' 'hiWSx. cottages, and shops were destroyed in the outskirts of Qneenstowh, including the Po^t-office. , v .Only' unremitting, desperate efforts prevented the destruction of the town. The whole country .round Queenstown, Lyncnfqrd, and Penghana- was swept. The ' efforts of the workmen prevented scrioiis damage to mining plarits. * .. , i Nu.Bjb(er.s.. ,of isqlated , , jiVv/ellijigs J.were,. burne^- - ,' j
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10818, 8 December 1902, Page 6
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90BUSH FIRE IN TASMANIA. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10818, 8 December 1902, Page 6
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