Bush Fires in Victoria.
Melbourne, February 4. Thirty thousand sheep were destroyed in the late bush fires at Warrnambool. February 6. By a recurrence of the bush fires in the Warrnambool district, fifty settlers have been burned out. Fifty thousand acres of grass and a large area of crops have been destroyed. The damage is estimated at £15,000. Fires in the Horsham district burnt large quantities of hay and reaped wheat. Many cattle and sheep perished in the bush fires. The detectives discredit incendiarism.
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Opunake Times, Volume XII, Issue 558, 9 February 1900, Page 2
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