New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-30
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woods in sl lHsg.ions, dnd DONG g'e" "h'il' I"
damage.
n , O,,ls o. Lotn sioe. vi :hs C.pposa Geek wac
On aIo yes Tay SI lie inAs a9'a "Sf1 di4as 20 e'<{
direction Tie pno woods neet L'ud'u % w. On ~ y ID
-, do,e fnr mile. along the line OF the Great Western
Railway that fear, w,re entertained that The nauss ~o'al
have 10 be Discontinued Tor a tire.
In every dirt, tion rouId shout tg-on the woods
n Gre owing o, the unpr cedene drouh and some ace.
dental catching % ire from Pbes Se .,ala MAJ
tents AID ur,dons. uAi NJ LanSwOr'hs saw NIL On
lhe same road burnt to the grould ani also tat Mr..
j. ibon lost log houses independent ot other losses
Toward S,orn,tUu fires Ia svesy direction, Gat
in Pisburl ac disastrous cpD'el.nces arc
aDd fit NF seal farm VAS 90 arr on THURSDAY nisat
AMI all day yesterday and be sustained great loss We
have mentioned one nth Of the hfes IN ihis nmet
ale vicinity.
Tar pRorIH-FWYs--r EoIfOR ~ DANoER, AZ.
&c-To ge fan, idea of tho drouth and drev, zoe
should take trip through Tho country We bave sss
Elizabethtoan and Lewis Nsgsta.ioa has al dried up
W, ods sie Re Ia AL directions, and the smoke settles
dawn over The earth lie funeral p ,lL
We are informed what we supp Ise reliable tauony,
that NessIs. Hammonis Co of Coo~npont, have me.
with great loss in the destruction Of mllls lumber
tools horses and wagons &c b, the fire Damage est.
mated at $4,000. Property situated between CroFn'
Capt. l. r. Heujee OF Mcr,ah located where she Gres
are raging in that town, nvIm u ne hal sur cred lo,ss
FtT
be- packed up for some day. .cal IN remove from BE-
icle The tam.s IVY csa Slt them back longer.
lie N-.sgc q b'laDe h'own seriously threa-aef
ibur,day sir boon. \ terrific FIRE came pouring down
the gorge rom toward keene, mp'll'd by turoos ~tst
wird For ne, the smoke n the VILLAGE Vas sanodet-
ing the male Of to families near ths dre hal hsi Tor
ther live h, cy for ad was spread IN All DIRECTIONS
orc az he ft messed or toward ihe village hare
hurryng and O 20 see wlat vas 20 De done 10 avert
The in y, ndins danger. Fortunately at tins mlnen' tue
wind chang, a and all was safe. Whether any baidass
mn in The pounqins were destrovei did not learn bi
III, r destruction considered Inevitable The lives of
several heroic men who -o0d by he buildings, were also
in danger. Tie am,s and smoke blew over thsT he ids
bur The, surrounded by hro and could not move
vt Lewis thtre raging d'e within fty rods Of the
| village 4 row ot w-re resliu'ely fighting Il back
and the inhaha Is had drawn barrels and hogshead
| of water rouud their building.
Thursday evening came up into the Pine Woods,
way home, When ge mot one OF the most magnf.
cent and at tle time most fearful sights be.
leld. The mountains all On fire I dark, and
there in front and ear on our night aud on our ef and
above either side for huudre'is Of feet hres
burning sometimes in immers' ples and az ohons Ike
twinhling stars. The latter were nuumerabe. Az Mr
Charles >iranahans the highest mountains, were
60 reach home hired Mr. StIanahan and pushed
what he called The Bend just under the highest
uipnace Of rocks ; ani uearthe Crjs-way on the Hat
There We met By sheet OF dame reaching clean
acIo,s lICm Lii to hi ard rasng with The wind hun.
dred feet high. OF eourse We tuned back, wth snged
clothes and hair, ard well nigh suiincaed With smoke
We Kindly cared for for rho night by Mr. Srinahgu
where were henn'ed in in clearing OF about hfy
with cl ance to hce but compelled TO face the music
The neigbos all aus0us watchers all night, and
slept with clothes and )ne eye OPEN. The ffes
spent their fury during the night and subsided IN the
morning, when on in safety, accompanied bys
of Mr. S'ansbar. Several families were burn, out,
ard twtDty acres OF various crops destroyed Ihomss
MCGUIRE was absent durD. The night ond WAS supposed
20 be lost but hs came out safe IN tho morning having
be,n hemnod iu by the fires up Ia the mountains, and es
Il c3ped With only fright Ross Low n Putnam lost e.
Y larLe qu0ry OF coal wood.
similar state things e,ss up the river. Villages
/ mills, &c. threatened with destruction Several mule
teams OF the Peru Iron Co. ont win loads Of 20
1 fight fire, were buried 10 death.
\ An Irish settlement The Patent in Peru has suf
iered seriously om fires but we have not learned parcu
\ lars.
\ From The Burlington ~ Free Pres, Of saturday
The aipereny inermnebe dry spill has been broken
at last by the fall of rain to day, enough TO lay the dust
fer the tine being The heavens yield the precious fluid
sparngly, but ILL., trus,, continue send il down at
least till the atmosphere becomes somewhat purified Il
is more than week that we have lived in d0nse
cloud OF smoke hiding from view the mountains aud soi
scspe, interfering very seriously with the running Of the
beats the lake and at times thick a. to trouble tho
urg- and cause the oyss 10 smart.
From The Eoei,siey .iiroii.sy 0, Monday Erea,ag
The many drenching showers shch tell on Saturday
afternoon have left the air cool to render ovecosis
desirable article.
The timely rain has materially checked HE fres-hey
being confined to the slow process of decomposing
the parched mold which covers the rocks at varying
The fires in Montgomery County are attributed to the
careless discharge Of firearms the part Of porsmen,
some time past
From IRE Utioa O5.s,rs, v, Moaday .r.aiqg
We are glad to be assured that noa Of the fres in the
WOODS in this county and vicinity. have been suiqed by
the showers with which we are aI last blessed.
From The o.ve9o Times ~ Monday
Since FRIDAY rain has fallen IN Considerable gnantes 10
various paris OF the The rain fell copousy on Sat
uTday evening az Mexico, 10 miles Of this city Al
though TOO late TO help corn and poatoes materially,
abur dance OF rain now viii greatly relieve the cheeress
aspect Of the country.
From The Pouqake.p,ie Telegraph af yesterday
IL has raned hero TO amount since the let OF
July Tho crops that were supposed 10 De so tine arc
in many instances nearly all lost by the long continued
droufh. But To- as we write rains. Yes, reader really
rains
From The Neu> BEDFORD Mercury, ah
The fire in Kdynham woods during IFS six days progress
has extended about thousand acres involving tho
destruction Of much properly The efforts 10 arrest its
gress have yet been Unsuccessful 10 Norton also,
some valuable woodlands have been burned along the
track of the ralroad.
From The Hartford copya,t of M,aSsy
On Saturday afternoon and Saturday night had sew
ers fine showers Of rantbe quantity that fell bu,
drop in the bucket to what is neededbut yet was re-
e.hiDg to baye even opdressog of What the parched
Garth needs in great abundance.
From The Ns1. OrLeans RuHsaa
On Thursday our friends in Mobile visited by
pious rain We wish could record the advent Of the
sane visitor here. Oh for rain drenching rain that
mother earth Nigh slake her burniOg thirst
From The sayaog, Wh9
FINE RAIs-lbaDkful for small favors we would
say that this vicinity favored With quite shower on
Saturday afternoon aud evening that served in slight de-
gree 10 revive dropping vegetation
From. The Rom, sep,ind
We bad fine shower Of rain in village Saturday
morning. and the weather quite cool, comparative
y speaking. During The day, bdwev sr, the atnosphers
btcsme quite tepid again and fried and ireted a.
usual
About Z. NJ had splendid shower Of rain and al
naiue frightened up again.
From The Cliea HeraLI
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