The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-29
FIRES I'm THE WOODS.


maine 90 Ohso
from the Albany Journal A0nst2o1
FiIes appear to Do breaking out In the woods ia
almost every direction. Hardly day passes that
we do not ear Of some new conf Agrasion. The
long continued dry, hot weather has made the ua
ctrbrusb 10 G. mbustible that blsz- well started
SWEEPS through whole miles Of wood land. In the
pTe woods, they are especially destructive.
Passengers over the Central road 4 om Buffalo last
night, inform Us that they observed Arcs In ten or
Everywhere on the line q smoky haze In tho atmos
phere by day, and dull red glare at night, icdi-
Gated the prevalence OF distant 6res Bet seen here
All Schenectady the railroad fences in two or three
places arc burned down. Doubtless the same thing
has happened in many othe- localities. Except the
timber and fences we bear as yet Of no other seri
ous less Of pro- erty from them.
Ibe pine woods, west Of this city we're on FIRE
on IhuIsdas light within few miles Of the city.
The men engaged at wo on the Rensselaer, Lake
were up al hight battling with the flames and
saving the house belonging to the Ws,er Works.
Yesterday the fire was burning quite fercels from
Six to eight miles from this city. The flames had
passed over and burned the valuable pine land be-
longing 10 the Water Works, had crossed wasaipg-
ton street, ard was burning quite aercely towards
about as East as q man would ordinarily walk. At
various points men and teams were out plooghicg
burrows TO stop It's progress. A large amount Of
amount of timber has either been burned up badly
iDju, ed. So dense Yves the smoke from the FIRE
that il hid the rays Of the sun.
In addition to these disasters In our own imme-
date Dt hb0rbO0d we learn that the are ,optuues
unchecked at various points In the Green Mountains
Ia Dresden, Washington county, hundreds of s,res
OF timber land have been destroyed, with one SAY
MIL arc ls sc quantities OF wood. In the northera
part Of Fort Ann, the woods have been blu ming for
week and 1t Is still raging threatening houses and
mills.
The Chronicle says the mountain, rear Whitehall,
l. all on fire. marching towards the lumber depots
N Tha ali ,knot bou IN
feel their way on Lake Champlain, toe smoke Is so
dense. Fires are raging at numerous points on tue
Ike, from Rouse's Point to Whitehall, Westpo :,
M,Iiah, &c. One firm at Gro wn Point have bad
$4,000 worth Of lumber and wood dest o,ei.
In Waterviile, Oneida COUNTY, eighty acres have
been burned over-tbe tire piercing g earth To the
depth Of two feet Two families he'd to flee for their
lives. Quarter OF mile of plank road has been des
troyed. An engine had gone out from the village,
as the flames continued to advance.
The mucky swamps between Rome and Syracuse
are burning funously-the fire fairly eating up the
earth.
In Chautauque county, fires are burning In ysri.
Gus dire ctiops, doing great damage.
The Hurry Woods, Ulster county, are on FIRE at
various points. 1t was within four miles OF kiog-
| kten,
In st. Lawrence county, tho woods are on fire at
score OF points on the line Of tie railroad, and the
flames continued, at last advices, to sp cad with
| fearful rapi0ity.
| In many places in Ohio the woods and swamos
are burning. II so threatened the elee ant build
Dss on farm nesr the village OF Hudson. O., that
the congregations left the churches to fight the
fire. They succeeded, after cutting down nearly
! whole orchard.
The city Of Portland has had narrow escape.
The fire, leaving the dente woods guawed iato the
turf, reached the immediate vicinity Of tue city.
The flames we're only kept from the buildings by
the united exertions Of firemen and citizens.
Ii would seem rs If the forests were burning
every where. Were or when the confagration
will e. d, heaven oDl knows.
Tho Cleveland Herald OF the 2cth inst says:-A
Of scrss ~ oanec over space
trees. to the damage OF many d0ars, aud AZ il was
sweeping TOWARDS The Shaker settlement, force Of
ffV me- n rallied, and after fight OF three hours
partially checked the fiery waves. The nre Is still
consuming The logs and trees but il is thought will
not spread further. The fire was set by the firing
Of guns by spoltsmen, aud we caution our sports
men against irdulging their shooting propensities
during this dry season.