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■ —*_ — l'resa Association-Electric Tolcurapli-CopyrlßM. A SENSATIONAL TRAIN JOURNEY. FLAMES LEAPING INTO THE WINDOWS. Received September 11,1.30 p.m. Sydney, September 11. A passenger train to'Bathurst had a sensational experience passing through the Blue Mountain District, where it had to run tho gauntlet through bush fires. The driver and fireman bad their hair singed on their heads and faces. The flames leaped info the carriage windows, and burned the effects of passengers in the racks. The dresses of two ladies cf.ught fire, but the flames wore extinguished. . To-night the,whole country near Mount Victoria seems on fire. Tho Acting-Governor has issued a proclamation to-night in view of the calamity from drought, and sets next Sunday apart as a day for humiliation and prayer.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5128, 12 September 1895, Page 2
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122LATEST CABLE NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5128, 12 September 1895, Page 2
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