BUSH FIRES
FOLLOWED BY HURRICANE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.. l MELBOURNE, January 13. Bush fires have raged throughout the State the whole day causing enormous damage, but with the exception of Gippsland, where they are burning, a cool change has assisted the fire fighters to control the outbreak. So far, one fatality is reported. A volunteer fire fighter, named Barton, collapsed and died in the Violet Town District. Outbreaks in Mallee were followed by a. hurricane, which uprooted trees and demolished houses, adding to the already heavy damage. A boy named Heley was riding with his father in a motor truck when the hurricane blew the truck off the road, fatally impaling the boy, who was aged fourteen, on a nearby fence.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 7
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