CHILDREN PERISH IN THE J ■* .FLAMES. ' :

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5335, 27 January 1906, Page 4

CHILDREN PERISH IN THE J ■* .FLAMES. ' :

i Melbourne, January 24^ . Six children perished in the bush fires" at Mourit « Fatigue, * Gipjjslatt<<fc Others are- ! missinfg. { -NO" furftfer particulas aTief'available. l ' J [The bush 'tank' in New South" Wales is a deep excavation into which surface water. is.drained v , Many of them are. us large as, n?ejdium-;sized. reservoirs, and water is thus available* for stock over prolonged dry spells>]" ~ A BRAVE SCHOOLTEACHER January 25. ■ ! Some children on the road frojni'/ school became bewildered by the blazing country and the smoke, and rushed towards the-firVand fell. One mother managed to save her baby, while he^ eldest daughter (17) was saved througligetting into a creek during the fire. , < Great courage and~resdtirse were shown by a State, schoolteacher, wfeo placedi£ cHiiaten uadeiHwet blankets, and saved them all. Whilst .standing, amid suffocating'— smdke and* flames* _> he keptv throwing water ovjef his charges. ! / ■ A-bridge over the Agnes* Rivjef! caught fife, and is still burning The flames leaptri through /the carriage windows of . the midday trained 1 Melbourne.