"Thank you everyone for your concern. We are broken. Goodnight,"Mrs Salway said.
Mr Salway,who already had one young son with Mrs Salway,died defending a home just outside the historic town of Cobargo on the NSW South Coast with his father Robert,who also perished.
Police confirmed on Tuesday that a 63-year-old man and his 29-year-old son died after flames swept through the historic town of Cobargo on the NSW South Coast on Monday night. A third man is unaccounted for.
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Daniel Cochrane,a dairy farmer who knew the Salway family through the industry,said:"They are one of the tightest,close-knit families you’ll ever come across".
"They are some of the most generous people ... they would do anything to help anybody at any time,"Mr Cochrane said.
Cobargo Hotel owner David Allen said Patrick and Robert's deaths were a"bloody tragedy".