BUSH FIRES.
; MUCH DAMAGE IN VICTORIA I SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES (United Press Association— Copyright.) MELBOURNE, October t). Because of the dryness of the season, bush fires have begun early m Victoria this year. There were three serious outbreaks yesterday. At Moe, in the Gippsland district, 100 miles from Melbourne, a sawmill and several houses were huipit. The r Dandenong Ranges, 30 miles from Melbourne, were the scene of a large fire, which destroyed one house. Desperate work by fire-fight-ers saved a church and many houses. The third outbreak occurred at Beaufort. 150 miles from Melbourne, where thebe' was a heavy loss of timber and fencing. All the fires are still burning and are fanned by a strong northerly Wind.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 305, 6 October 1938, Page 6
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