The Heat Wave in Australia.
DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRES. Syknkv, Jae, 9. Nine more deaths are reported from various districts as a result of the heat wave. The bush fires swept 300 square miles in the Forbes district. Hundreds of miles of fencing, immense - areas of grass including 60,009 acres of the Carababel and Take Cowal stations, much projjerty, and considerable stock has been destroyed. Settlers on the half-share prin- * ciple are large sufferers. They lost 3000 bags of wheat and 1000 tons of hay. ( The fires also caused trbction in the Condobolin, and Gundagai districts. | -
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 11 January 1906, Page 2
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95The Heat Wave in Australia. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 11 January 1906, Page 2
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