A BUSH FIRE.
TOWNSHIP OF COLAC BAY IN DANGER.
rpnu Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, Feb. 21. The worst busli fire in the history ol Colac Bay raged on Sunday, a strong westerly 'wind driving the flames towards the township, which for a time was in .peril. A change of wind saved the situation. As it was, two houses were burned, and the danger is not yet past, as a change of wind may bring the flames back on tile town. Men and' women have been fighting gamely against the conflagration.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2742, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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89A BUSH FIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2742, 22 February 1910, Page 5
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