FIVE MEN TRAPPED BY BUSH FIRES ARE SAFE
RAGING FLAME'S HELPI ED BY WIND. TREMENDOUS DAMAGE DONE. FIRE WITH FIFTY MILE FRONT. (Received 10.30 a.m ) SYDNEY, This Day. A Barralier message states that five men who were trapped in a hut by bush fires, W,hich were aided by a strong wind, eveniual- ' !y reached safety in a half suffocated state. Tho flames raced through the district, whtehj was missed by the oxtensive blay,e of a few days ago and all available inen are now fighting the outbreak.' Already the damage is great, and Rock Lily and Mountain "View stations are gravely threatened. A fire, with a front of 50 miles, is rniging in. .the Abelbrafiihie Mountains, and ownirr to the inaooessable country, it will probably "burn until rain' f-i.Tlfl. . Exten'save damage Mas been clone. Australian P.A.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 19, 17 January 1929, Page 5
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