HEAT WAVE.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK OP. B.US-I-I FIRES. ENGINE FALLS OVER BURNING! ' BRIDGE,. By. Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, January. 13.. Great heat continues inland. MELBOURNE, January 13. The heat continues. Business people complain Of 1 a great slump. The streets are 'deserted. A number of people dropped in the streets,., being overcome by. the heat. Extensive damage has been done by, bush fires in Geelong districtLightning caused fire in two instances. One thousand acres of grass and 100 sheep were burntADELAIDE, January 13. Busli fires, seventy miles long and two miles wide are raging near Tarcool a.
HOBART, 'January 1-3. Att engine and a number of trucks travelling from Cowara to Fingal were approaching a bridge, when the structure was found to be on fire. The driver and fireman were unahlo to sfop tho train, and jumped oil. Tho bridge collapsed, precipitating the engine and soono of the 'trucks into the valley,, NO ABATEMENT OF HEAT WAVE MELBOURNE’S TEMPERATURE EXCEEDS 108, By Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association—Copyright. Received 10.16 p.m., Jan. 13. MELBOURNE, Jan, 13, There is no abatement of the heat wave The temperature in the city today was 108.0.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1354, 14 January 1905, Page 2
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