BUSH FIRES RAGE IN N.S.W.
Received Thursday, 8.35 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 7. Huge bushfires raging in dried out forest country hetween Kempsey and Armidale in Northern New Soutb Wales, have gained complete control and volunteers have been withdrawn from one because of the danger. Two fires have gutted ftve houses already. An elderly man was badly burned while fighting to saVe his cottage. The Armidale police realised that the fight was useless and hurriedly evacuated all people from the scattered homes in the path of the blaze. Many cottages and one village were saved hy the efforts of volunteers. Breaks are being cut and reports late this afternoon indicate that the fires may be dying out.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19461108.2.30
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1946, Page 5
Word Count
116BUSH FIRES RAGE IN N.S.W. Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in