PRESTON.
The Mansfield Guardian of Satin day wilting : — " It is almost beyond belief the amount of propei ty and the thousand of acies of land thai have been hteially consumed by the devoutmg clement. Cattle and sheep m thousand have been running hither and thither seeking shekel and watei. Dutmg the binning of some of the largest tiees numeious wombats came tumbling fiom the branches absolutely roasted ; kanga100s lan about frantically, leaping into the blaze, and loaded in a few seconds. Those deadly leptikb that abound in the locality might be seen wiiggling in the last stuigglc to fiee themselves, but all then effoils weie unavailing. This fire must have extended o\ei fi\e 01 six squaie miles.
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Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 428, 13 February 1875, Page 5 (Supplement)
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