FIRES AT ARARAT.
ices, besday was one of the hottest days that ices. e n experienced by the residents of Ararat •ivet' ny years previous. The hot winds that set the" ? earl y . hour °( tlic continued without Ltelv' L ' ss ' on tyl late n tlie even mg; the gusts in . *A nstances being so hot as literally to resemble •* IO " 1 path of a furnace. Almost everyone was - 8 w, or loss prostrated by the great heat, and A employment was generally deferred till a .tely » in the temperature set in. We have since I le of; jj that 16,000 acres of. herbage has been I 3. toj td by this fire, which is still burning. jets, I -Advertiser, Jan. 2.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 21, 20 January 1863, Page 3
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