20 Now Dead la Great Victorian Bush Fires
SYDNEY, This Day. Stock losses in bush fires which raged in Victoria and New South Wales have been variously estimated at between 200,000 and 1,000,000, mostly sheep. The Federal Government has granted £200,000 for bush fire relief. Another death from bush fires has been reproted in Victoria, bringing the total to 20. Also 52 people are in hospitals throughout Victoria suffering from shock or burns. Some are in a serious condition. No human death from fires has been reported in New South Wales, but there has been a heavy death-roll among stock.
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Northern Advocate, 19 January 1944, Page 5
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