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  2. COLOSSAL STOCK LOSSES IN BUSHFIRES

    CANBERRA. -- Efforts will be made by the Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) to clear the way for giving urgent priority to all measures necessary to assist the Victorian Government in restoring the areas devastated ...

    Article : 378 words
  3. Cressy Was Saved By Creek

    Cressy was saved by a small creek to the northwest, which divided the fire into two wings, encircling ...

    Article : 254 words
  4. TRAIL OF DEATH IN WAKE OF FLAMES

    SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF SHEEP burnt to death in fires which blazed through the Western District. The picture was taken near Skipton. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  5. 50 MILES OF DEVASTATION IN WESTERN DISTRICT

    Fires in the Mortlake (Western) district made such a clean sweep that it is estimated that for 50 miles, from Dunkeld to Darlington, the country is one great open paddock, with all fences gone. The whole of this area is a blackened waste. ...

    Article : 552 words
  6. 5 Years Since 'Black Friday'

    IT was exactly five years ago last Thursday since the last devastating series of bushfires swept over Victoria, on ...

    Article : 113 words
  7. FAMILY IN CAR SEE FIRE TRAGEDY AT ROKEWOOD

    Trapped with his wife and three children in his motor car at Werneth, when the entire township was razed by the flames, Mr Jack Butler, well-known district farmer, witnessed the tragedy which overtook four victims of the Rokewood fire. ...

    Article : 239 words
  8. SCALDED IN WATERHOLE

    BALLARAT.--Jumping into a waterhole in the belief that it would save him, but only to be scalded to death, was the ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. MAP SHOWS WIDE AREA SWEPT BY FIRES

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    Article : 15 words
  10. £50,000 Damage At Beaumaris

    DAMAGE estimated at £50,000 was done to buildings and 200 people were made homeless by the bushfire at Beaumaris, 15 ...

    Article : 339 words
  11. LOST £150 BUT SAVED BABY

    A WOMAN had a narrow escape from death and lost £150 to save her four-months-old baby's life, when her home ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. Killed In Bridge Collapse

    ONE man was killed and four injured when a car travelling between Chatsworth and Lake Bolac in the Western ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. Many Old Station Homesteads Destroyed

    IN the Mortlake district, five station homesteads were burned. They are: Corra homestead, owned by Mr ...

    Article : 430 words
  14. Appeal For Funds

    THE Premier (Mr Dunstan) and the Lord Mayor (Cr. Nettlefold), have launched a joint appeal for funds to assist the ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. MAN, 69, COLLAPSES

    William Preston, 69, of Mt. Duneed, collapsed when fire-fighting and died before reaching Geelong Hospital. Joseph Williams, 74, of Mt. Duneed, suffered burns in a fruitless endeavor to save his home, and his wife, Kathleen Williams, ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. Telegraph Lines Dislocated

    MANY telephone and telegraph lines have been dislocated by the fires. Until reports from outlying places are collated, it is ...

    Article : 58 words
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