BUSH FIRES.
STATE FOREST SWEPT AWAY-VICE-REGAL RESIDENCE. SAVED BY CRICKETERS. Bj Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, January 16. Thore are serious bush fires in various parts of the State. Sixty thousand acres in the Whelra State forest have been swept. Myriads of rabbits were destroyed. The town of Daylston was saved itter .great efforts. ; Adelaide, 's-nuarr li> The Vice-Regal residence at Marblo Tlill narrowly escaped destruction awing to the spread of a busli fire on an aljoining property. V, hen the fire was at its "height the English cricketers, with Lord Iticia.'d Nevill, who were invited to dijs with the Vico-regal party, dashed thrjugn (he flames and rendered excellont assist.MU'C in checking their progress. Sydney, January 16. As a result of the heat there are bufb. fires in many' districts, and much damage has been done.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 5
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134BUSH FIRES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 5
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