Bega Valley Historical Society: 1952 fires banded community together

November 24 2015 - 8:00am
Burnt out remains in Ravenswood Street, Bega, after the 1952 fires. After the fires, Bega Band gave all the money it received from a weekend show to the Fire Relief Appeal.
Burnt out remains in Ravenswood Street, Bega, after the 1952 fires. After the fires, Bega Band gave all the money it received from a weekend show to the Fire Relief Appeal.

Last week a mourning mother told her story of being caught in the 1952 bushfire and how her two daughters died in the blaze.

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