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"The fire jumped Point Nepean-road, forcing campers to drive their cars into the sea to escape destruction." |
 Fire Fiend at Dromana
Forty-three Houses Destroyed – Campers drive into the Sea
9 January 1939
Yesterday was the blackest day in the history of Dromana, when a fire, fanned by a strong north-westerly wind, swept from the hills on to the outskirts of the town. After destroying forty-three houses, the fire jumped Point Nepean-road, and roared through the undergrowth and tea-tree on the foreshore, forcing campers to drive their cars into the sea to escape destruction. [A, 9/1/39] |
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