HEROISM OF WOMEN.
FOOD FOR FIRE-FIGHTERS. SETTLERS LOSE EVERYTHING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 2-3. Scenes of appalling desolation greet the eye in the Grenfell district, where there are dead and dying stock in all directions, while some aro walking about blind. No timber is left standing to burn the carcases, and coal tar is being taken out for the purpose. Many heroic stories are told of women and girls taking food and drink through the blazing country to the fire fighters. Practically all parts of the State suffered under the visitation, and the devastation is so widespread that it will be many weeks before a proper estimate can be made.
The police throughout the State have been instructed to afford immediate relief to sufferers. The Government Savings Bank will also loan sufficient money to enable losers- a of homesteads -to rebuild.
In the stricken districts are to be seen many men and women whose only possessions are the clothes they are wearing. Many women saved their lives by sheltering in cattle dams, in which they were compelled to continue to immerse themselves to escape the intense heat.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19510, 14 December 1926, Page 13
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