The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-06-28

TIE FOREST FIRES or NEw BRUsswICx.-The
st. John IN. b. New .Brwwssrsekey of the I'D
inst, contains a correspondence from st. Andrew,
fires Of that province, Of which the following is an
extract Perhaps 1t may not be unlnteres;lng to
learn that, among the many other losses the recent
and still prevailing fires have occasioned, the late
Acadlan, since called the Frye and Farnham
Saw Mills, at New River, have fallen victims
There were on this fine properly, before the
FIRE, two gang saw mills, with q number Of
lathe and single machines, six or seven dwell
ing houses, a blacksmith's shop. several barns
and a great many out-houses, Of which, at last
accounts, nothing were to be seen but the
smoking remains. There were $50 m. feet Of
deals 80 TO 40 m. feet OF boards, and large guam
tity Of small lumber, all of which shared in the
common disaster by this unfortunate occurrence,
as many as one hundred PERSONS at the least, have
not only been thrown out OF employment, but rem
dered houseless and homeless, without prospect,
at this moment, of being able to ward Oft utter des-
titution. The property destroyed, in this instance,
cannot be estimated, even under the present de-
preciated scale Of such property, at lower figure
than "a, 600. The original cost of the settle
ment, we think, and in our duty we knew little
of the business OF the company-could not have
been less than to times the amount. II ID stated
that had it not, provdentially, happened that the
tide was down, it would have been almost lmpos-
sible for the inhabitants to have saved their lives,
as the fire bursting from the woods, upon the edge
of which the mills stood, seized at once upon the
sea wall, composed of slabs and edgings, the
accumulation OF many years working OF the
mills, and placed the people at once between the
two fires. Fortunately the beach lay beyond, giving
them the scope of half mile. and to that they were
enabled to remove some little articles which they
saved, and with their saved means to place their
persons out of the reach OF the flames. The lessee
of the place, Mr.. Hubbard, did all that could be
done under the circumstances to stem the danger !;
but human exeron availed but little In the face OF
an enemy which had a ready auxiliary in every
dried chip all around barn, house, and mill, and he
had to submit to his fate, and seek the beach with
the rest for his personal safety. No lives have been
lost. On our western shore, the fires have
been raging to an extent that to many seemed to
thTea ten the destruction of the ship yards, at
Robbnston, where, at the present moment, there
are gong up the frames of eight large vessels.
The weather, since our last. has been dry and
warm. On Thursday morning, we had slight
4rinlSlng Of rain, and to-day the parched earth Is
being mosteped by heavy thunder showers. They
will prove of incaculabie benefit to the crops and
in extinguishing the fires which have been raging
in the woods
The HaHfar Chronicle says:-By reason of the
continued dry weather, fires to an alarming extent
are raging in the woods in different parts of the
province, and many farm-houses, barns, fields of
grain, and ether valuable property have been COM
learn that the Red Rock saw mills, on the Maya
guadavlc river, with about 10000 feet DEALS were
consumed. At New River, the saw mill, house,
and barn of Messrs Munson q Nash were totally
destroyed and apprehensons are entertained for
many similar establishments. The dwelling-house
of VIM. Moore, at st. David, was also burned,
with all the furniture. The flames made such ra-
pid progress, that Moore and his wife escaped with
difficulty.