RECORD APRIL HEAT
SYDNEY SWELTERS
BUSH FIRES IN GIPPSLAND
SYDNEY, April 1.
Citizens of Melbourne have recently endured a continuous hot spell with the thermometer near the 100 degrees mark on many consecutive days. Sydney's turn came today, when 91.4 degrees were registered—the highest on record for April. Weather authorities state that 90, degrees has been,.reached only four times previously during April.
Bush fires are again ravaging coastal towns in Victoria, chiefly in Gippsland. The sawmilling hamlet-of The Gunyah, in the heart of the Gippsland forest, was completely burnt out today. A large sawmill, twelve cottages, and a boarding-house were reduced to ashes. The inhabitants are homeless, have lost all their belongings,, and'are suffering from smoke blindness.
FURTHER DAMAGE AND FATALITY
(Received April 2, 10.30 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day.
Bushflres destroyed the plantation of the Forestry Commission at Anglesea. Another sawmill was burned down at Moe, houses were destroyed at Warragul, and in the Cobden district, one man was killed when he was overcome by smoke and lost control of his motorcycle near Forrest
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360402.2.69
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Issue 79, 2 April 1936, Page 9
Word Count
174RECORD APRIL HEAT Evening Post, Issue 79, 2 April 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.