BUSH ABLAZE.
Township Threatened. WOMEN AND CHILDREN' REMOVED. MELBOURNE, January 12. Bush fires are raging in the Bendigo and Ballarat districts. In the latter the township of Scarsdale is threatened with extinction, and the women aud children have been removed to safety. | :i LATER. A bush fire, sweeping through the thick bush country at tho basin near Bayswater, did conjsidcrablc damage to property. Two houses were burned. It is feared that several others are gutted. The fire is still raging. A large force of fighters are in attendance. BEECH FOREST DESTROYED. TOWNSHIPS SAVED BY CHANGE OF WIND. SYDNEY, January 12. Bush fires arc sweeping through tho Otway and Dandenong Ranges, causing extensive damage. A number of homesteads were destroyed and much valuable timber in the beech forest is demolished. Several townships were only saved by a fortunate change of wind. FIRES RAGING IN TASMANIA. HOBART, January 12. Bush fires are raging in the Southern parts of the Iluon District, and on the West Coast, causing heavy damage.
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Grey River Argus, 13 January 1928, Page 5
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