FLOOD FOLLOWS FIRE
VICtORIAN TOWNSHIP HEAVILY HIT NAftROW ESCAPE OF RESIDENTS US*. A— Bv Electric leieur&pti rtgtii' (Received 27th February, 11.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The Noojee township that was wiped out by bush fires last month has t#.-n flooded by heavy rain and homeless residents who had been living in tents had a struggle to save their few belongings from being swept away in the flooded Latrobe river. Working waist deep in water police and volunteer helpers saved what they Could of tents, clothes and other propetry.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 7
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88FLOOD FOLLOWS FIRE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 7
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