BUSH FIRES IN N.S.W.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 316, 6 January 1909, Page 3

BUSH FIRES IN N.S.W.

SWEEPING COI'.VTE V. GREAT })AMAGE. •Sidney, January 5. A cyclone at Blavnev unroofed and shattered many Jjui|lings and devastated the showground.' Bush fires arejs'-veepiiig the country round Vass. Many settlers have been burned out. Women and children were rescued wrapped in wet blankets, while others took refuge ill the river. The dairying'districts- of the .South Oast, round Singleton, Duugog, Batliurst, and Wagga, are suffering severely from numerous destructive outbreaks. The townships Bumbaldryi ill the Grenfell distnsti'i is 3iir.romi^' ( il by fires. '-'s§f , - 1 Round Gundft»|;i .10,000 acres of grass has beeiMestroyed and the fires are still unchedted. The damagej®; fires in tie Yass district is rsUniutw.'ut oyer £IOO,OOO. Helped by JSatrong wiijd the tire travelled 15 uffi|p hour. The bv fires. ®Spp great efforts of the I tire brigade liß||jcls of townsfolk uvre At BrewartEjthe thermometer rearistered l'23dejr.'te|* The has caused severe injury to crops every whi re. Thousands flnroulft worth of stoae fruits, gnipffflb] tomatoes have l/j-en shrivelled upap-destroyed. Numerous ij||s;<,f heat apoplexy are reported,