FIRES IN N.S.W.
WIDE AREA SWEPT BARE. By Telegraph—Tress Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Dec. 24. A Coraki message states' that bush fires are sweeping over a huge area of heath- country between the Richmond River and the sea. The countryside has been burnt bare for miles and residences have- been destroyed. Two men, a woman and three children had a narrow escape from death when a lorry in which they were riding stopped. Fires were raging nearby and the occupants'were forced to seek shelter ,in a water hole. .... Miles of fencing .have been, burnt, roads; blackedffiy falling, trees,.and large area's-.<of -gra«s» country devastated. ;
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 11
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101FIRES IN N.S.W. Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 11
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