AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES
SEVERAL HOMESTEADS DESTROYED A FORTUNATE CHANGE OF WIND. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, January 12. Bush fires are sweeping through the Otway and Dandenong Ranges, causing extensive damage. A number of homesteads have been destroyed, and much valuable timber in Beach Forest has been demolished. Several townships were saved by a fortunate change of wind. OUTBREAKS IN TASMANIA. HOBART, January 12. Bush fires are raging in the southern parts of the Hnon district and on the west coast, causing heavy damage.
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Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 7
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83AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 7
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