"Loosemore was burnt to death. His body was discovered when a tree was being removed from the Moe-Hill road." |
Hill End
13 January 1939
STOP PRESS – At Hill End, the Church of England, school, hall, three sawmills (owned by Messrs Reed, Hutchinson, and Billson Bros.) and eight houses, including those of Messrs F Bloye, J Purcell, W Loosemore, Santa Fordi, W Dogral, M J Hitchins, R West, and V Paynter were destroyed. Loosemore was burnt to death. His body was discovered when a tree was being removed from the Moe-Hill road. ...All telephonic communication on the Moe to Fumina and Walhalla lines is cut off. [NSA, 13/1/39] |