The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-31

cvsss Dxsr ussscn or Prorc-sy-vliissss In
Danscs-C,ouSs ~ Smoke from the Bura-
isu r.Der. t
From the Kssseynls spub4csn, Aug. BTt
20 get even q faint idea OF the drought and hres,
sne sboold take tip ID, ouah the couatry. We
w.ssport, MoIish. Eizabeshto N and Ls.is. yags.
taAion bss all dried up. Woo d. are on hre Ia All
dht eticDs, and the smoke settles down over the
ssyth BIKE funeral pail.
sushority, that Meers. Hammond Il Co.,, Of Crown
psibt, ave met with great los In the dsstruc-
tim OF mills lumber. tools, ho' SOS add lyons,
&c., by the fire: Damage estimated as soo.ooO.
Capt. +. p. Hendee, Of Moriah, located whese the
Hss are raging in that trwo,. informed rs be hal
suffered loss. by the fires 70 the smount Of $4,000.
Hs goses have been packed up for some days,
nsdy to remove from before the flames wnen they
can fight them back NO longer.
The village Of izsbethtown vas seriously threat.
ssed on Thursday afternoon. terrific fire came
pouring down Tho gorge, from t,sarda Ksene, Inn
pokd by furious west wind. For time she smoke
h the village snffo ,stiDg, the females OF the
families ne the fra mad fed for their ves the cry
ursssed on towards the village there was harrying
- and fro to see what 80 be done 70 avert the
Impending danger. Fos tunately AZ this moment she
vnd changed snd all Was safe. Whethe. any build.
inas mp In tho mountains were destroyed We did not
learn, bat snef de- trucsl0n was considered inevi.
tnhle. The lives Of seve a. heroic men Who stood
b he buiIdipgs, were also in danger. The flames
:, DsS ovss NO, oye
Al Lewis, there WIS raging ure wishin hfty rods
- The Village. A row Of men were resou tely light
~ II back, and tie inhabitants had dra rn mp bar
yek and hogsheads Of water round their buildings.
Thursday evening we came up into the ''Pine
Weods," on our way homo, when We met one OF the
ness nsgnidt emit, at the same time, most fearful
fss. twas dark, and t,ere in front and rear, on
cur right, and ON our left, and above on either
side for huDdreds Of feet fires were burning, somc
6nes In, tmmense piles, and at Others, like twink
Charles 6e@ahsn's, near the highest mountaios, we
veae ADVISED not 10 atteot 70 go any further, but
being anxious to reach home, we hifed Mr.. Stsana-
In and pusbed ON 90 mf as 70 what be called the
BEND" jut under the bigae-t pinnacle Of rocks,
and a6sr the "CIosswayr on the "Flat.D 81 rs
sacsn across from bill to hill, and rising with toe
S"ci WITH Urged coses and hair vel n1s
suAocased with the smoke. We were kindly cared
for for the night by Mr.. StraLahan, where We were
AeDmsd in in clearing" Of about nfsy acres, with
prospect OF being routed het6.e morning, with no
chance to flee but Conn., eled to "face the music"
he neighbors were an xious watchers all night, aud
We slept with our clott es on and zone eye ,en.'
The rss spent tneif fury duriog the night and sub
accompanied By . son OF Mr.. S;ranahan. Several
families were burnt ont, and twenty Of various
@ops destroyed. Thomas N, CURE was absent
curing ING mSut ana was supposed 70 De lOst, 0lC
he came ont safe in the morning, having been hem
nedfn by the fires mp ia the mountains and escaped
With only o fright. b %, Low Il Putnam lost
large quantity OF coal wood.
Aimiar state Of things exists mp the ,iver. VII
lages, mills, &c., threatened with destruction.
6everslmule teams Of the Peru Iron Company sent
out with loads Of men to fight fire, were burned 70
death.
An .Irjsh settlement ON 1.-THE Patent. y in Peru.
Aas suffered seriously from fires, but we have not
barAed particulars. gR tenFa b1a,p kA
,LsFlas4Q ONTARIO COUNTY, NY.
A hre occurred in Victor, Ontario county, . few
dsyA since, by vbich . NJ. Conover lost soma 200
h0ahels Of oate standing In tue field We learn also
that b:En, containing some four or five hundred
hushsls OF grain, was entirely destroyed, together
With iss contents. The fire originated fom the
eusning Of brush. AtA q W
LAKE 0EOR0R MOUNTAINS.
An extract Of q letter dased Calawell's, Friday,
August 20, ssys:-On rnnTsasy, the 2ith, the ther-
HOmeteY stood on Sherriil's ont piazza at 96 de-
sEcss At r. NJ. The woods all around are GA A.e.
oven within three or four miles Of the Lake House.
Down the lake number Of houses and barls have
teen consumed. heard to day that they were
pstvtnt the advance Of the fire. The air il 80 filled
with smoke that at mid-r ny you cannos see she
noun taiDs Opposte the Lake House, and nothing
an be seen more than quarter Of mile distant
Il any direction. As night the Illumination is mag.
TBwKEsBURY AND wILM1NaroN, MASS.
Bos1oN, Monday, Ang. 26.--In Tewkesbury and
ban raging for several days past, and were Dolly
ahe he'd yesterday. About 1000 acres OF wood md
burnt over, and tho loss is estimated at $4,000.
The New Bedford Murcsnu II the 26th, says:--The
has extei ded over about 200 acres, involving t,e
destruction Of mu h properly. The efforts to arrest
IL progress have ~ yet been unsuccessful. 10 Nor
ton. also, some valuable woOo lands have been burned
aloAg the track Il the railroad.
sresfq HiLIssoRO COUNTY, N. II.
In some pats o. Hhlkboro county, N. H., smoke
Acm the burning woodlands partially obscares the
vision IN every direction. Il sr a.9a
Bui1diDgs have been burned in Kenduskeag, L.
Grange, Levant, Charleston, Corinth, and macy
other towns. In Corinsh alOne-a small town-tne
tpacs Of mes land = tv
ed. In Hancock county the damage is also crest.
n some places tr hsas is 90 strong and the smoke
- 6ense 'tfat the roads are impnssab'e. Nothing
pious rains Hrst or mo before they can 90 snbdred
Here Is scarcely town within fifty miles OF here
hut has snhertd more o. less. Tho drought con-
tnues. Tine crops arc al drying up, and tncro sp-
winds shat are blowing are tanning the flames.
The Bangor journal, Of tho 18th inst, says:--
Last week large barn, containing about forty tons
q hay, situated in meadow In Kendnskeag, was
Kenduskeag; and tho barn to Messrs. Emery &
Stets0n o. this city ale0 In East Corinsh, house
and saw mil, belonging. to Mr.. D ick, which wero
Ne town of Corinth alone, Is estimated at 0o0
Also In LaGrange, on tie Beunocn road, farmer,
whose name We did not learn, last week lost his
house, barn, and all his buildings, with their con-
tcnts T6ese losses wore oil occasioned by the Rrcs
raging in the woods, whico sill continue Immense
damage has already been done TO tho woodlands. We
hear that valuable tracts Of timbcr land have been
buratc over. s' ..sM
A fro broke ont on the 24sh, in large tract Of
woodland belonging to A. d. w. Spragse, near the
barclay factory, in Coventry. BY gteat exertions
II The neighbers il was extinguished. after soreai-
ig over about six scres. The fro caught from
1one Mush, which o me thougbtlcss fellow took ~
improper time to burn
WHITE MOUNTAIN REGION. ..ss ...
Letter. written last week FROM parties In the
White Mountain region, ara mostly hued wish de-
ecrptiops OF the vafious Urea in tht vicinity From
Aesth Conway wo bear that the famous Moat Noun
ann. opposite that town, has been on iirc the post