Mother tells her terrible bushfire story

Updated November 9 2015 - 12:30pm, first published 9:00am
DEVASTATED: A farmer surveys the ruins of his property after the 1952 bushfire in the Bega Valley. Five people died during the blaze.
DEVASTATED: A farmer surveys the ruins of his property after the 1952 bushfire in the Bega Valley. Five people died during the blaze.

IN FEBRUARY 1952, the Bega Valley was devastated by bushfires and Mrs Fred Otton's two daughters, Marie, aged 16, and Jennifer, aged 14, were killed in the fire.

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