SERIOUS BUSH FIRES.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PRO PERTY.
Sydney, September 5. The bush fires are still unabated, and are devastating large areas in all parts visited by the prevailing high winds. The south coasb dairying districts have been swept. Berry and other townships were encircled, and only saved by the residents organising and fighting tho flames day and night. Several outlying lioubos and ecliools wore destroyed. Miles of mountain ranges are blazing, presenting a magnificent spectacle.
Fifty square milos have been devastated by bush fires in the Kempsey district,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 213, 6 September 1895, Page 3
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