BUSH FIRES
OUTBREAKS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. QUANTITY OF GRASS AND FENCING DESTROYED. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, January 30. The bush fires in the Cotter River district are the worst for 20 years. Fears aro entertained for the safety of the observatory and pine plantations at Mount Stromelo, in the Jingollic district, near Al-Lni’-v. The fire is raging fiercely along a 15-mile front in the Bathurst district. Sixty square miles of grass and fencing have been destroyed, and several buildings and homesteads had close calls. The fire is now practically under control. little loss of stock is so far reported.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19702, 1 February 1926, Page 7
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101BUSH FIRES Otago Daily Times, Issue 19702, 1 February 1926, Page 7
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