HURRICANE AND FIRE.

Grey River Argus, 14 January 1928, Page 5

HURRICANE AND FIRE.

ENORMOUS DAMAGE. In Victorian Bush. MOTOR TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD. (Ann and N.Z. f able Assn > MELBOURNE J,. i. Bush fires have raged through- mt the State the whole day, causing enormous damage, but with th- reception of Gippsland, where thev :i.e burning, a cool change has assFted the fire figures to control the outbreak. So far, one fatality is reporb-.. A volunteer fire fighter. name i 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 Beley was riding with hi a father in a motor truck when the hurricane blew the truck off the road, fatally impaling the boy, who was age.} fourteen, on a nearby fence.