MUCH DAMAGE
DESTRUCTIVE N.S.W. BUSH FIRES
(Australian Press Association)
-SYDNEY. November 8
The hush fires on the Blue Mountains are practically subdued, leaving a trail of destruction for miles. Many people have )ost #ll their belongings. Late on Friday night considerable progress in stemming the advance - of the fires had been made in the vital centres, and Springwood, Blaxland, Grenbrook and Faulconbridge were not of immediate danger. A change in the wind had driven- the flames back .in many places. , , . S-oros of people have been left homeless, and property worth many thousands of pounds lias been destroyed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1936, Page 3
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