Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-09-20
DOMESTIC.

fires are now spreading desolation i'm ranv of the
forests of the state of Maine The Baneor Dewsn,no
OF 'he st OF September observes, that ''Never since
the settlement of this country were the fires in tic
WOODS SO numerous and extensive as at present We
nave continual accounts of them from every ouartor
several are raging IN this town, and county and the
village Is almost developed in smoke II is imnossbIe
10 estimate the damage already done MANY of tho un
se'''eu lumber towns now in so much demand will
should there not DE rain shortly, be left almost value
'eS' ne augusta paper, OF Sept 8, saws that on ac
count OF the drought and fires vegetation was wither
l:s' 'e picture was gloomy--the woods had been on
hre more than week The atmosphere was filed with
smoke The sun presented but dim and lurid de OH
the ar was dry and parching. Objects could not he
seen at great distance in the daytime but in the n;obt
the glow OF widely extended fires and the cr;p,eo "a
Pickering flames upon the distant hills cxb;b;tad ''.
'acIe truly grand, but which could not be Iool,od
Oh Without PAIN Ga returning from Watervlle some
evenings ago we were struck with scene of this des
cTIpuon Some Of the most elevated hills of Sydne,.
we're covered with fire. and as the opaope i;e,,,ro 80
NOT 10 be SEEM there seemed to be unnumbered flames
garng WIN unequal lustre in the sky several depreeq
ABOVE me horizon Several times in the early part of
'nis week, the people of aowell and this town ,yore
alarmed by the approach of fire in the immediate NEIGH
oofhood' and thousands of persons have been busy in
projecting buildings and fences from the consuming ole
ment. The Bangor and Belfast papers give MS like ac
~ " 'N'ehe''e hres along the PenObscotn
c,, = idALLowELL, Sept. z.
ShochinS .4ccident.-A gentleman from, W;sooao.
INFORMS us, that Monday last eleven men wore 60
Vereiy wounded while blowing rocks in the street nea
tue eTance of the village Ono died soon after tbe c
Pioson three are not expected to recover aud the re-
Inainder will DC cripples for life
on Monday last week, the house of Mr. VIM Pete.
grew, that OF his son, VIM Pettigrew, jr and a barn
used by both of them in Clinton took fire from The aa
lacent woods and were entirely consumed Ofthe
tents OF these buildings nothing was saved except one
ped. winch woman had The precauon to carry TO an
adjoining heidi aud covered with earth The mex dav
another house, supposed to have teen Mr. Joy,sl in
the same vicinity destroy cd and the owners Them
serves escaped with difficulty, the man losing even his
nat The writer of this paragraph was in Somerset
county last week; and the fire spreading with dread
inl rapidy over the whole face of the country Scarce
any business was thought Of except the protection nj
property from the rage of the flames. Several build
ipss had been burnt in Norridgewock ard il was re-
ported IN Madison, Athens, &c. On Tuesday night
the yoos OH almost every side appeared in blaze and
on w Wednesday, from Skowhegan falls 10 Sidney. the
smoke prevented objects from being visible al great
er distance than bali mile, on either side during y
Journey OF almost whole day. The rain on Wed6es
day night probably checked The fire in some DEGREE. but
cannot have efectualIy stopped it, Should the YEA
heF continue dry, beside the other i'll effects an i'm
mense loss by fire may be apprebended and MANY will
De Inc sufferers ID the back country rendered house,
less, naked and destitute.--rGa<.