GREAT FOREST FIRE
DEVASTATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. SAWMILLS AND BRIDGES DESTROYED. ; iVnitut) r*«o Association— Copyright (Received August 23, 9.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, August 23. i Forest fires, recaling those at Fernie in August last year, are raging in the Kootenay district. Timber valued at milions of dollars, many sawmills, and Beveral bridges on the Nelson-Roseland railway have been burned. The valuable timber limits along Arrow Lake aro now burning, and the forest is ablaze near Preston. The inhabitants are safe.
CABLE NEWS.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2588, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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82GREAT FOREST FIRE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2588, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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