VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES
DANGER TO MOUNT MAGEDON OVER FORTUNATE CHANGE OF WIND Pres* Association —By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, November 28. (Received November 29, at 8 a.m.) The bush fires have been conquered, and all danger to the Mount Macedon homes is now past, thanks largely to a change in the wind. [A cablegram received on Saturday stated; Great damage was done by a bush, fire which swept through forests on a six-mile front near Macedon, and is spreading rapidly. At an early hour this morning Upper Macedon Township was threatened when a strong wind sprang up. The flames tore through the thick scrub towards the towship. Over 200 volunteers are fighting the fire, which at 2 o’clock this morning threatened the magnificent homes on Mount Macedon, including that of the Attor-ney-General, Mr Menzies. Mrs Menzies and her four children abandoned the home and sought refuge in the Macedon golf house.!
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Evening Star, Issue 22818, 29 November 1937, Page 11
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149VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES Evening Star, Issue 22818, 29 November 1937, Page 11
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