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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7701, 2 January 1905, Page 2

TERRIBLE DEYASTATOI. BYDNEVJ. Dec. 81. The heat wave has increased In Ut 1 ensity, and the majority of it*- ' tions report tewiwatures of over 100 egrees, At Mount Hope 124 det«( were recorded. -SI HusH (iiis are general. The tow# f Delegate, 300 miles wuttfc •* Sydney, is encircled by flames, and ■ numbers of residents are out lighting | he fiery fiend. 1 Many settlors have been burnt ut, and great destruction has been frvryuglrt amongst property, indud- j lag wheat, stock, and wool, ] I A wide area of the Goulburn di»Met, 130 miles south-west from jjfl Sydney, has been swept by fire*; jUiich are trtlll raging. (Rea-ived Jan. 1, 4..12 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 1. < Yesterday's reading at the Observ- d ' gtory, which ia usually five to ten M wgreea cooler than die city, 807,0 4 Only one warmer boca recorded during tho piurt 40 m ' jw», la the suburtjg Ute tMmn> \ , « re ''anged up to 117. At 8 n.n< It was still 100 in the city r then it fell under a southerly ciMinge. I Disastrous grass and busb fires are *g'ng iu the ltivcr/.na, da'nr tr*- ■ uaidouai damage. Crop* nod bomoSteads have been swept away and i farmers, with their ! in the towtttUoa, > Uands of iire-flgttters ara striving to Save property, ™ lletween Junoe and Tumut, an arm fifty nules by thirty Is a MeUta* fl l " uss , _, Ol Ira- Nemlyall the faraen M t Adolong are burnt out; ■ r The telegraph linen in all direction* ' •w burnt, MELBOUHNEI Jaa. 1, So intenso is the heat in aever.l parts of the country that bitxll -S. dying, > FURTHER GRIM REPORTS. Whole townships in danger j OF ANNIHILATION, jfl I " 1. (Received Jan. 2, LB «.m.) SYDNEY, Ju. I, % i Sydney's maximum reading today , was 79j ( TeiegrapMc communication .with , many centres is interrupted, aud . hose reporting to-day mostly iudi* . cate ta similar welcome fall. . Rerrigan, w»th 125 degraes, top. yesteilday's records. Condoix>< l«» registered 122, Goodooga 130* L ;llourko 110, and Guudagai 115. ( Five distinct fires devastated the - country a U round Gundagai for m , distance of 18 to 80 mile*. Very _ few settlers in that area esca|)ed i " er . otn ' or l ,ar ti a l deHtruction, J Phe losses are estimated at ten* r of thousanSs sterling. In the Ilur- , row a district over two thousand , other stock were burned. . Maitland, Goulbum and Murrum- , burrah report that tremendous fire* . are raging, causing vast destruction - of grass and crops. Many settlers s arc ruined, and In some cast* . townships are in danger, the wfcole 5 of the residents being out Agfa ting . the flumes,