BUSH FIRES
RAGING IN VICTORIA.
GREAT DAMAGE RESULTS.
TOWNSHIPS ENDANGERED. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Bush fires caused by the intense heat which ruled during the past week are raging in many country districts, and excessive damage h-ae been done. .Large forces of volunteers are fighting hard to hold the outbreak) in check, but continual changes in the wind, in some cases frustrated their efforts-. In the Gippsland district many houses were destroyed. It is stated that the townships of Flynn and Flynn’s Creek are in danger of being destroyed. . . „ . ' The timber districts are suffering severely.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 82, 17 January 1928, Page 5
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