the BLACK THURSDAY BUSHFIRES were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history, with approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria, being burnt. 12 lives were lost, along with one million sheep and thousands of cattle. "The temperature became torrid, and on the morning of the 6th of February 1851, the air which blew down from the north resembled the breath of a furnace. A fierce wind arose, gathering strength and velocity from hour to hour, until about noon it blew with the violence of a tornado. By some inexplicable means it wrapped the whole country in a sheet of flame —fierce, awful, and irresistible
when the smoke turned day into night 'It was the women who suffered the most, when they saw their homes and all their household wealth, years of strict economy, thrift, Labor and self-denial had been reduced to ashes in a moment’s time'
a devastating bushfire that struck Victoria in February 1851. With fierce northerly winds and a temperature anecdotally reported to be 47.2 degrees Celsius. The fire's glow could be seen by ships in Bass Strait, and the wind pushed smoke as far south as Tasmania.
The great Bush Fire of Victoria BLACK THURSDAY is one of the most remarkable days in the annals of Australia. It is a day as frequently referred to by the people in this colony as that of the Revolution of 1688 in England, of the first Revolution in France, or of the establishment of Independence in the United States of America
"The fire kept enlarging its orbit, rolling about like some huge monster, destroying everything it touched, its track marked by charred timber, embers and ashes, cries and lamentations. Not content with dashing along the ground , it ran up the highest trees and the flames leaped in monkey fashion from tree to tree. "
the BLACK THURSDAY BUSHFIRES were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history, with approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria, being burnt. 12 lives were lost, along with one million sheep and thousands of cattle.
"The temperature became torrid, and on the morning of the 6th of February 1851, the air which blew down from the north resembled the breath of a furnace. A fierce wind arose, gathering strength and velocity from hour to hour, until about noon it blew with the violence of a tornado. By some inexplicable means it wrapped the whole country in a sheet of flame —fierce, awful, and irresistible
when the smoke turned day into night 'It was the women who suffered the most, when they saw their homes and all their household wealth, years of strict economy, thrift, Labor and self-denial had been reduced to ashes in a moment’s time'
a devastating bushfire that struck Victoria in February 1851. With fierce northerly winds and a temperature anecdotally reported to be 47.2 degrees Celsius. The fire's glow could be seen by ships in Bass Strait, and the wind pushed smoke as far south as Tasmania.
The great Bush Fire of Victoria BLACK THURSDAY is one of the most remarkable days in the annals of Australia. It is a day as frequently referred to by the people in this colony as that of the Revolution of 1688 in England, of the first Revolution in France, or of the establishment of Independence in the United States of America
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"The fire kept enlarging its orbit, rolling about like some huge monster, destroying everything it touched, its track marked by charred timber, embers and ashes, cries and lamentations. Not content with dashing along the ground , it ran up the highest trees and the flames leaped in monkey fashion from tree to tree. "