BUSH FIRES
DAMAGE IN VICTORIA.
(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable —Press Axsn.—Copyright.)
MELBOURNE, January 11.
A devastating bush fire is now sweeping the major portion of Victoria. There is tremendous damage to fences, grass and property in Gippsland. Narrow escapes from death were experF enced by mail drivers, stockmen and bush settlers. n s. <wales”mishaps. SYDNEY, January 12. . A Bombala message reports that twelve Greeks, who were employed as sleeper-cutters in the vicinity of the Whipstick mines, where the buildings are all demolished, are missing. Great havoc has been wrought among road camps at Mount Darragh. A large powder magazine blew up, hurling rock and planking hundreds of yards? C. Farrell, carrier, was driving a wagon loaded with petrol, when flames set fire to the wagon. Farrell liberated the horses before the exploding petrol shattered the vehicle.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 January 1929, Page 7
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