Wall of Flame. 24Jan 1919. Meralong, a township on the Blue Mountains, was threatened by a wall of flame 50 feet high, and 30 miles long.
Wall of Flame. (1919, January 24). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 9. Retrieved July 11, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176299328/19150363#
Disastrous Bush Fires.
SYDNEY. January 23.
Destructive bush fires are still raging in the country. Miles of fencing and acres of grass have been burnt, and cattle destroyed.
Meralong, a township on the Blue Mountains, was threatened by a wall of flame 50 feet high, and 30 miles long. Twenty thousand bags of wheat, stacked In the railway goods station at Mount Victoria, caught alight yesterday, afternoon, and were soon a heap of ashes.
The railway sleepers on which the wheat, rested, are still burning, as there is no water. The goodsheds and drivers’ rest-house are in danger.
Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done by the destruction of the sawmill premises at Bulli.
At Narrandera, the workshops have been burnt down, Settlers are strenuously fighting the flames.