The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27


in Every section Of the country. The damage 70 tS&
woodland and crops will be very great Bu'lding
have been burnt In kenduskeag, Corioth, Cnarles
ton. Garland, and other towns In many places tie
eptire population are engage in fighting fires. In
SaIiand y Is said that one family, who live some
distance from any other house, are entirely sur
Ieunoed hy the flames having no means Of escape.
port says that the bridge 1t Bradford IL burned and
mIn and one or two houses in Corinth.
we learn from the Peterborough Transcript the
particulars OF fire In StSddard, N. H. The hre
had taken in some woods belonging TO the Ssoddard
Glass Company, and burned zoo or 300 acres Of
wood near the road. In the midst Of it, and while
the hre was near the road, team In the charge OF
Mr.. Curtis Hunt, belonging toa Mr.. Buss, Of Mar
belonging TO Mr.. Flsk. merchant, Of NARROW, came
up Mr.. Hont states that he first went ahead and
examined, and thought he could go through, the
the attempt, but had not proceeded far before the
fire was close upon him. strong gust Of wind
blew the flames directly upon the horses, and they
dropped as quick as If thev had been shot. In .
moment, however, they rallied; aod attempted 70
and fell. Mr.. Hunt saw that it was Impossible to
save the load and attempted to unhsch the horses.
lie succeeded in releasing one OF them, and getting
him out alive, though badly burned The ether
two, together with the wagon and load, wero
burned. Mr.. Hunt barely escaped, his shirt beisg
Yearly burned of his back, and his face and hands
left it.
From the Springfield Republican, August 26l
A large fire commenced on the northern extrem-
ity of Mount Tom, on FRIDAY, and at last accounts
was spreading with crest rap'dty..
TIE fire viii h has been burning for some days in
the woods west Of Chester village, still raging with
unabated fury. very large tract of land has been
burned over, and great quantities OF wood and tim
Der destroyed, but We nave as yet no information
upon which TO base reliable estima of tnc loss Of
property, though IL must be very heavy.
Ore thousand acres nf wooc land have been burnt
over IN Raynham, and the fire Is et raging. Some
valuable woodlaI DIS have also been burned aloag
ton. large peat me ado near the centre Of Leg
ipgton. haa be- . on fire for eeveral days.
From the Bufal Democracy, August 26
Extensive fires in the goods and Helds are prev MI.
ing all ever the country. verv destructive fire 10
raging in the woods In the vicinity OF SwAntoD near
Lake Champlsin and the Canada line. Is hasrun
along the track Of the Vermont Central Railroad, for
two or three miles, and passengers have to be carried
in wagons eight or ten miles around the fire. Tha
loss Of property IL immense.
Another fire Is raging In the woods on Oasskin
Mountain. 1t has already burned over large tract
OF ter, tory, ard Is still ncnecked.
The fires in Chautsoque county appear TO be stin
unextinguished. gentleman who came down ON
the State Line Road on Wednesday night, says tbs
smoke is go dense the whole distance from Dunhrk
to the State Line, as to be exceedingly troublesome
TO the eyes, and even to interfere with respiration.
The fires still burn IL the woods and fields, In many
places the roots OF the grass in whole fields being
needed.
From the Monticello W lehman, Aug 2a]
The woods are on lire in Ill directions AROUND
Thousands Of acres Of valuable bark and tmhn'
land have been burned over and much DANA -
done. We are told tnat Mr.. Gilman, the pr0pretor
Of large taDnery in Fore-tburg. has suffered loss
Of about 81 600, end that his tanuery was saved
with much difficulty. About 400 cords Of bark
were burned, and 100 cores Of wood II the present
unprecedented dronghs con tjnues, the destruction
Of timber and bark must he immense.
Correspondence Of the ,loany August
SARATOGA, August rs, 1854
have Just returned fro Montreal vi. Laf
Champlain, and as see extensive fires In MAJ.
and Other places noticed by the papers, ,lunaeer
to acquaiDt you Of the destru tive fires now raging
in the woods Of Northe New York.
From Rouse's Point north, for twenty miles, thers
are fires In many places; and from Chazy, nine
miles west of Rouse's Point, to Malone, the entire
country is threatened by the flames, which are
TIE pas.t myers from Montreal were detained on
Wednesday night at Rouss's Point, by the non ar
rival Of the steamer Carada from Whitehall, which
could not leave in consequence Of the dense smoke
frt m tie burning forests.
Yesterday, as we passed Crown Point, at O'Clock
P. a., tie atmosl ere was 30 louded by smoke ~
to totally eclipse the sun ut times, giving it lurid
Ape 8raI &C WHEN ~ en-, until sunset.
Five miles back from the lake at Gro IN Point,
the saw mills, together with wood and lumber, be.
longing TO Hammond Il Co., have been totally d. 3
BY the fre spreaaing from the forests. rhsr
A passenger told me that. at the sources Of the
Huoson, the forests were burning Tor fifteen miles
oin6.
Wien we reached Whitehall. the side Of tho
nj unfain in that vicinity wss Ia perfect blaze.
The appearances was sublime bat t1e air Sas hot
almost 10 sufocation The lake was literally covered
with burnt leaves, waited thither by the wind, and
The air thoi ougbly permeated with heat, smoke and
asher.
Iroticed fires at several places bet veen White.
nail aod Saratoga, but they were not very extern
sive.
The pleasure of our trip was materi ,lly diminish
ed by the fire and smoke, and the landscap In
many places was entirely botted from ew. This
was q touch Of henerisl too much even for
AN ARTIST.
From the Ravenna 20 Democrat.l
The whole country is iilea with fte-vcgetation
is 80 dry that 1t kes up like gunpowder at the
slightest approach OF anything like q e.
One after neon last week the lot the 70 idence
Of Mr.. Stanif, on the line OF the G. d P.RR,a
bali mile from this village, was set on fire by loco
motive spark. The fire spread like lightning, and
was with difficulty controlled. A number Of rods
Of fence were bus ned, and considerable torn down
t. save 1t. On the same afternoon the woods upon
the opposite side of the tack, belonging TO William
Goodman, ESQ.,, were set en- FIRE BY the locomotive
Ct construction sraiD. Great effort was necessary
to keep tie fire from running over large surface
Of grcupd. Had there been q high wind at the
time, 1t would have been impossible 70 have pre-
vented either of these fires from extending into the
town, when the result would have been very disas-
tr0uh indeed.
The premises Of Daniel Bostwick and Jas. O. Cur
ley, in R0otztown, were tet on fire by Q locomotive
and considerable damage done; over 600 rails xsN
burnt. The house and barn OF Mr.. Gurley were In
great danger, and with great difficulty kept from
taking FIRE.
A tie occurred on the premises Of Edmund Bost-
wick, in Edinbnrg township, caused by lightning
The whole neighborhood turned out 70 fight thu
fire, and after consider able effort succeeded In mas
tering II.
lire has occurred In Chsrlestoxn. which burnt
tevtral days.
The ffe In the swamp south OF this village, which
started about two months ago, is still burning.
large tsmarack swamp Ia the west part Of tAis
township, the Feeder, - fire. We learn that
very large tlmarack swamp In franklin Il also ON
FIRE.