New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-28

passenger on "Wednesday boat ins s%.s " sbA. tho
III are raging terribly al along be'ooa IBs 2A;e aai
suffered loss OF $4,000 In the Of wosiPost
an Nor ., r.sex Co.. the f. IS doing great da@sso
n,s section is not alone subject to this terrible ssts
ton FROM nearly every part Of Tie slte' aga from
,ry par of Vermont We hear ot disastrous ni terrific
H. The nine wood, betv,on Schenectady and Albany TIC
destructive element raging with coHsiif fabe nry Aai
will undoubtedly commit sad destruction ol properly V's y
j. cNl!r -ulslcd
ton and inorlsnd, another con ia-ra'iCd D raging.
commenced about week since, end a. advanced Ia di-
rct Ire over six miles The dcsir action Of property
he .bsc cord wood timber aad pcalod bark is very
large Bat TIC loss wi fiji heavily upoa tue owners
of he land the YalU which consists chicny IN rae wood
sapdng upon L. Many thousands of acres mast have al
rsdy been destroyed large sstam uhi On ono oi ihs
mountains : n most imminent jeopardy h.c yescr-
,lny morning having approach, within ha h'ie' am al
sr has also broken ont IN he woods about halt mile
north of >Aapton ye2c tIe Vermont AMI canada
Railroad It has run along the road some three mies
Lurnpg mn The ties and yory badly bcung the rls. T.e
track II covered up with trees hch have aen acro-s H.
The ray ad company carry the passengers around the
ire IN teams and boats snd lcn send them on IA freight
cOrs No trains can pass al alL About -1Oo o.FlS oi
wood beousing 70 the rail haVc becu burned tGenre
spreads in The woods AID fields very rapidly, and Il IA
karcd Swsuten village viii sdHer badly
" learn tina, ire is also ra-Bs IN tho words aoont
bree mls yond Saratoga, the line OF me aes
and Ssra,o naitodJ, and i, proceeding ~ith consider
allie fury T telegraph pole and wires have been De-
sov,l and alo 0uan,ity ot wood belonging % the rail-
read company.
S,RlroDA 'Aul 25.-Fiom Houses Point. north ior
twenty uics there fire n many places: AMI from
ChazV n.re miles west OF RoUses Point, {" Malone, the
entire counfly u threatened 10y IN ha"i', % MIIa are
spreading ,apdy. The passengers from Moaireal were
detained Ncdrlsday night az t'Hs9 fo.nt oy the
non sni,.l of q stcnpcr Canada from NhtChal which
could leave in Consequence ni the denS shoke ir'n
the burnig iuross. Yesterday. wo passed Crows
Point d. clock T. NJ, the a.uo'phore was 80 coudcd
by snok. a. 10 totally eclipse tic sun times, giving it
. luril kvlg Aieu Vl +
back from fhc lake NJ Crown Point the w-lnis with
wood sud lmler, belonging 10 Hammond \ Co., have
Tr,-s TIL. loss +. estimated ~ 1000. passenger
told that at the of The Hudson the forests
burning or fifteen miles around. When reached
Whitehall he de ct the nonnten in that vhsnity was IN
p perfect blaze The appearance was sublime but the
air was boz almost 10 ulocaon The lake was literally
covered with burned leaves. Tged hiher by the wind
and the air thoroughly pum6attd with heat smoke and
ashes. noticed irCs at several places between White
hall and Saratoga, bn they were not very extensive.
From he Biagheatos ~ J. BspuU&,n, .isg. -
Sometime during Wednesday the 2ld INST, 3@uie d!y
grass and indrbru-h land belonging to the Hon. OH
yer {. Crockcr short distance west Of aount Prospect
Water CuTc, was set ou fire by the discharge oi gun
and owing 10 the great drOuih nov preVaiOs tho ice
spread Will BpiCity, consuming large quantity ot cort-
wood belonging Ia Mr.. CrOcker Al efforts 10 check the
fire ureNaug, until had run over asout 200 acres
OF timber lDLd which large pine tres The
fire We leop was mostly confined TO Mr. CrOckers and,
but tTospassed Dr. Doubleday and Mr. HGrl-
bers II is difficult to estimate the amount of damage,
but it probably VIII exceed $4,000.
Estm The IOrOas0 (C0a0du) 1gl1ntsG aHQ n
We learn from The Port ID rcr ArgUs that tife has
been raging alarming extent in the woods in that Vi
cnity ard has in many places done much danaSo The
farm OF Mr., ". Os it said fire from end to end.
and it with the greatest difficulty that the buildings
saved il ]. also mmored that barn at Jarvis has
fallen prey TO the flames.
From Tsc M2aii,eiio ~. " Ba,osnan, tg b
The woods on fire m all directions around. Thou
sands OF acres OF valuable bark and tm,r land have
that Mr.. Imam the proprietor Of large tannsry in
Foresbuie ha suffered loss of about $1,000 and that
4 nnulfr
cords Of bark were burned and TOO cords of wood IL
the presCnt Unprecedented drouil continue, the dctuc-
ton of timber and bark must be immense.
From The Sar''ogs -. ~ wig, Tug p.
Some woods north Of BallsOn Spa were reported On
ire yesterday, and the fire from tho woods Fish
House has spread to the fields and was destroying fences
hay, &C., when last heard from.
Cranes Mountain has been nearly barred of vogstsioD
in the ame way and reports Of fires IN tho vast forests
covering the unnamed bills and valleys OF Northern Now
York are received almost daily.
WATEmuLr, N " Aug "A. =. M-The large
swamp five miles south of this place il now on iro.
About .hty acres have been consumed The ire burned
three feet deep Two families have been compelled to
leave their dwellings, 10 consequence. The plankroad for
about quarter Of mile has beeu destroyed Aa engine
has been sent for from this place and has just left
Firm, The Bqidsaasriae a. " Gase,e jug u.
Yesterday fire broke out IN the woods in Smoky
Hollow, two miles north OF this village which, a last
accounts, was doing much damage and threatening
The town authorities warned many of the inhabitants,
ard quito number were on :he ground all night.
There is ire also most Of the way from here Oswego,
and in Hannibal and CRANKY we are told Is doing much
damage.
In Van Buren, Clay aud in fact every direction We
hear of fires raging, with no hope Of extiuguisDg hoa
without rain.
From g.e Eiyioo Ierocrccy .irg D.
The free in Chautauquc County appear TO be s,
ilnguisLed. gentleman who came down on The Ssae
Line Road on Wednesday night, says ths smoke IL
dense the hole distance from Dunkirk to the State line
to be exceedingly Troublesome the eyes, and
interfere with respiration The fires still barn in tue
woods and fields, ia many places the roots OF the rsss ia
whole fields being thoroughly destroyed. Rain
| 70 much needed.
from The Bgngoy mig, fugzit a.
Fnts raging IN the woods To terrible extent IA
every section of The country The damage 10 the wood
land and cTors viii be very great Buildings have beon
burnt in kondskeag, Coruth Charleston, Garland and
other towns In many places the entire population
engaged III fighting fires. IL Garland il said that one
family, who 1--we distance from any other house.
entirely surrounded by tie flames, having means Of
escape. 1t is not known whether they dead alive
Report says that the bridge ri Bradford IL burned and
mill and orc or two houses ia COrinth.
We lcan from The PrtyL0ronh Transcrita the par-
cuars OF irC ia S0ddard y. H. The fire had taken in
some woods belonging to the Stodlarl Glass Company
and burped 90 300 wood near the road. IN
the midst Of H. and While the fire near the road,
in the charge Of Mr.. Curtis Hunt, belonging Mr.
Buzz of NARROW loaded with store goods 10 tho amount OF
s70O belonging TO NJ. Fix merchant, Of MarloE came
up. Mr Hunt states that he fret went ahead and
nCd and thought he could get through the re being then
nearly ten rods distant. He made the attempt but had
hot proceeded lar before The lire olOse him
strong gust Of Wind blow the hanles directly upon the
horses, and they dropped quick if they had been
shot. IL moment however, they rallied aud attempted
proceed but again struck with the hames and fo
Mr. Hunt that il impossible 10 save the load aud
attempted 10 unhiich the horses. He succeeded Ia re-
leasing OF them and geiiing him alive though
bad burned. The other two together with tho wagon
and load, were burned. Mr. Hunt barely escaped his
shirt beng ntarly burned Oh his back and Ills face and