BUSH FIRES.
A USTR ALI AN OUTER EAK S. WIDE AREAS SWEPT. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT. (Received Jan. 30, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 30. The bush fires in the Cotter River district are the worst, for twenty years. Pears are entertained for the safety of the Observatory and the pine plantations at Mount Stromlo In the Jingellic district, near Alburv, fire is raging fiercely along a la-mile- front. In the Bathurst district, sixty square miles of grass and fencing have- been destroyed, while several buildings and homesteads had close calls. The fire is now praetieallv under control. Little loss of stock lias so far been reported.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 January 1926, Page 7
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105BUSH FIRES. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 January 1926, Page 7
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