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AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES.

WIDESPREAD DEVASTATION.

HEROIC RESCUE' WORK

[Press Association. J

SYDNEY. Jan. 6

Reports from the fire-swept districts disclosed widespread devastation. Settlers along the Hawkesbury Valley, South Coast, and Hunter River districts, are severe sufferers. Many have lost their entire crops, and some their homesteads.

There are thrilling stories told of narrow escapes and heroic rescue work.

In the pastoral districts, besides many thousands of acres of grass and crops being destroyed, numbers of cattle and sheep perished. The great heat wrought havoc amongst the poultry.

HEAT WAVE BROKEN

A COOL CHANGE

SYDNEY, Jan. 6

The heat wave lias broken. A cool change set in last night, accompanied by light rain in the southeastern districts.

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Bibliographic details
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2393, 7 January 1909, Page 5

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116

AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2393, 7 January 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN BUSH FIRES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2393, 7 January 1909, Page 5

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