BUSH FIRES ALREADY
OUTBREAKS IN AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, October 4. Owing to the dryness of the seasoa bush fires have begun early in ." Vier toria this year and there were thre« serious outbreaks today, ;
At Moe, in the Gippsland district. 100 miles from Melbourne, a sawmill and several houses were burnt out, the damage being £3000. Several persons narrowly escaped with their lives.
Dandenong Ranges, 30 miles from Melbourne, was the scene of a large flre which destroyed one house. Desperate work by fire-lighters saved th« church and many other houses.
The third outbreak was at BeauX fort, 150 miles from Melbourne, whereJ there was a heavy loss of timber and, fencing. All the fires are still burning, fanned by a strong northerly wind.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 13
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BUSH FIRES ALREADY
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 83, 5 October 1938, Page 13
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