BUSH FIRES
GREAT DAMAGE IN VICTORIA.
L.OSS EXCEEDS £300,000.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS' (United Press Association.—Copyright.) 1 This Day, 11.5 am,) f MELBOURNE, This D.ay ; “ Damage in the bush fires, which swept Victoria- on Wednesday, pr.obab- / ly exceeds £300,000. Most of the fires are now under control. ', ’ When the fire, which destroyed most of Torquay was dying ~ down, goods left on the roadways and in evacuated houses were looted. The police later • visited a militia camp and took possession of some-goods. • /More than 200 homes •in Victoria were destroyed, tens of thousands of sheep were lost ,ahd hundreds of persons are homeless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 132, 15 March 1940, Page 6
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