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STATION MANAGER BLAMED.
Cootamundra, Sunday. - The coroner, Mr.
W. Lockwood, held an inquiry on Saturday into
the cause of bush fires that spread from Cow
cumbla towards Muttama and destroyed thou
sands of acres of grass, miles of fencing, and a
number of sheep. The coroner's verdict was: -
"The fire on Mountain station, which spraad to
adjoining holdings, I find was.caused by the
great carelessness of Mr. Richardson, manager
of the Cowcumbla estate, in going away and
leaving a fire buining at a place near Mountain
station, where he had been burning off'rubbish,
without leaving someone in charge until it was
all -ptt out."
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