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BUSHFIRE

on BBC Home Service Basic

The third of four true stories about the back country of Australia by Reginald Ottley
* Every step, you could feel the sweat start, but before it trickled, the fire's heat wiped it off. Close to the flames, three men jetted water from tanks on the trucks; three men worked the hand-pumps. Periodically, the trucks raced away to a ground tank, ten miles away, to get refills. The rest of us beat with the beaters. And it was murder. Sheer, rib-roasting murder....."
Recorded broadcast of June 7, 1960

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Reginald Ottley

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