Extreme Heat Wave In South Australia
Received Friday, 1 a.m. ALELBOURXE, Jan. 22. With the temperature at 104 degrees today, Alelbourhe is getting a belated run of extreme heat after cooi early summer eonditions. The hottest plac'e in A'ictoria today was Mildura, 050 uiiles north-west of Melbou rue, whero tlO degrees was recorded. All parts oi the Btate have reported over l()i) degrees. , Thirteen separate bush lires are re ported in various areas. X'one is seriotu so far but grave. eonditions will quieklj occur if the wind rises. A light nortlr erlv is at present blowing which jnaj merease ia foree overnight. Another hbt day is forecast for to morrow with a eool ehange not before ihe evening. Bush lire brigades ariat present controlliiig all lires and areuuv toi- an emergeney. Aeropianei ..re also patroiHng the forest areas ti. pot any new outbreaks. An Adelaide message statcs that tlu wliole oi' South Australia is in tlie grip of a heat wave and bush liies are burn ing over a wide area eausing thousand- ■ »f pounds of damage. The. temperu ture in Adelaide was 110.1 degrees.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 January 1948, Page 5
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