TERRIFIC HEAT.
Birds Drop Dead, Horses Fall Unconscious. WIND CHANGE STOPS TIRES. (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The heat in parts of South Australia was so intense that birds fell to the "round dead and horses dropped unconscious. Dangerous bush fires were controlled with difficulty. The heat wave persisted throughout South Australia and southern New South Wales, but there were cooler conditions in Victoria. For the sixth successive day the temperature in Adelaide was over 100 degrees. Yesterday it was 104, and on Thursday 108. Loxton district registered 117 degrees. Melbourne on Thursday recorded 107, but yesterday that fell to <5. Registrations around 100 are almost general in the southern districts of New South Wales. A Hobart message says that the prayers of farmers and fire-fighters were answered when the wind veered and blew the bush fires back over the burnt area. The flames are now beaten.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 9
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148TERRIFIC HEAT. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 17, 20 January 1934, Page 9
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