BUSH FIRE IN VICTORIA
MANY HOUSES DESTROYED,
MILES OF COUNTRY SWEPT
Prsii AMOchuion—By Telegraph—Copyright.
MELBOURNE, December 23,
The bush fire at Aspendale swept for miles along the foreshore at Port Phillip Bay, upon which stood some hundred houses, bungalows, and week-end camps. The damage is estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000, and is mostly covered by insurance.
(Received Dec. 24, at 0.55 a.m.) An official report states that 94 resi dences, irrespective of temporary structures, were destroyed by fires in 'the Aspendale district,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15955, 24 December 1913, Page 5
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