In 1917, lightning strikes ignited a bushfire at the Warenda Station near Hughenden, Queensland.
Three people died as a result of the fire.
Warenda Station bushfire, 1917
Quick Statistics
3
Fatalities
2
Injured
Sources
Barrier Miner 1917, ‘Three lives lost’, 3 October 1917, viewed on Trove website (ID 45427764), 6 May 2011.
The Brisbane Courier 1917, ‘The Warenda station fire Queensland’, 18 October 1917, viewed on Trove website (ID 20193398), 6 May 2011.
Council of Australian Government, National bushfire inquiry: Appendix D: Fire history in Australia, website viewed 6 May 2011.
The Queenslander 1917, ‘Disastrous bush fire on Warenda station three men lose their lives, two others injured’, 6 October 1917, p 13, viewed on Trove website (ID 22343182), 6 May 2011.