BUSH FIRES.
A VILLAGE DEVASTATED
SEVERAL FARMS DAMAGED
[PBEBS ASSOCIATION.] (Received Feb. 7, 10.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 7
A bush fire devastated the village settlement of Monbulk and destroyed 15 houses, the Mechanics' Institute, and the State school, and damaged others.
The Beaconsfield ranges were swept, and several adjacent farms suffered..
Fires are ;also reported from Willow Grove, Foster, Walhalla, and Mafoa.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 34, 8 February 1913, Page 5
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