Eureka Reporter | 1905-01-20 | Page 3 | Queer Result of Child's Prank

queer result of child s prank whilst playing at eatham kent england a child caused a remarkable alre by throwing a lighted match into he hollow trunk of a huge tree A quantity of dry leaves and rubbish am mediately became ignited and the interior ol 01 the tree was soon well As the flames soared upwards a number of bats and owls were seen flying aimlessly in the vicinity of the quarters from which they had been a unexpectedly dislodged when the outbreak was got under control by the bremen it was found that fully thirty beet of the interior of the trunk had been burnt out the tree still stands supported mainly by the bark which escaped the alre