, 1865-09-22

THE NEW ENGLAND DROUGHT.
EItcnstEe Fires In Woods Syynmps
- and MendolTs.

E1tcns1Te Fires In Woods, Syynmpa
-. and mend0yEs.
From The Boston journal, 19,h.l
;, Owing to the extraordinary drought during
the past two weeks, nnd to causes more or Las
attributable thereto, fires have been numerous
; From all quarters ne hear Of the woods belns
on tire, and Of serious damage being the CON
sequence TO valuable wood and timber 'lond::
Below we furnish record Of the damage done
,..., ,ElRRs IN TIE WOODS.
Grent damage has been dGiuo by fire
which has been burning in the woods between
Lynn and South Danvers, 90 the Lynndeld
road, in the vicinity OF Dye-House Village.
Small fires hare been burning: in this neigh
borhood at different timea for q fortnight past,
renewed fury. -
Oh Sunday the fire was burning briakly on
land Of Judge Sewhall, Blood Swamp" SO
called. back Of the Catholic Cemetery. The
grass In the cemetery, which was quito hirh..
caught fire and the ground Was burned com
p1etely over, the monuments and lravestoues
being scorched and blackencd !nnd many Of.
them cracked in pieces by the heat a largo
fire has also been burning In :" Dungeon Pas
ture," 20 called. The following are The priu-
cipal owners Of tho land which has been
burned: Judge Newha1l, Dr.. s. T. Nawhall,
Alicajah G. Pratt, Nathan Breed, jas. Buck
nam and Epes Mansdcld. Many others have
also suffered In greater or less degree, the fires
1'9ytpg oS6 ,s extended over an estimated arca Of
A fire broke out on Saturday night in the
woods on the Marblehead road, near the old
SIarblehcad depot, on land owned by Chas
B, Etctson Of New York, md Samuel G. Pit
man, nurseryman. It burned quito furIot,sly
yesterday, so that 9n alarm vas raised In Mar
hlehead during, the afternoon, which broke up
the services In the various churches.
There WIS also IRE on Saturday and Sat-
urday night back Of Bakers: Hill, Sausus,
winch burned itself ont; however, during Sun
day, without having occas1oned much damage.
+. A serious fire has been raging FOR several
days in the Woods Mt West Gloucester, result
ing in considerable loss, ind the Manchester
woods have been burning in, ,seyeral places.
On Friday another fire broke out On the hill
back Of East Gloucester, from which dense
volumes Of fsmoke rolled up the Bay, and filed
The harbor, SO that the Point and Ten Pound
1,.and were completely obscured. Aheayy
ern Point on Wednesday Of last week. 20"
About IN hundred acres lying north of the
Stonehnm herse railroad and vest Of Green
wood station, on the Boston and Maine rail-
road, have been eturned over. On Sunday,
several hundred cords Of wood belonging to
TALLY insured, and quantity Of cord wood
near the Greenwood station, belonging to Hon.
S. G. Nash, was also consumed. a house
which had caught fro from the flying cinders
was saved By the Stoneman fremen.
In Wilmington, on the line .of the Boston
and Maine railroad, fire has. been burning
for three days In peat meadow on the Blanch-
ard estate.
In the vicinity of Worcester much damase
has been done during the last three days. 1t
latest accounts the lire had extended almost
to Leesyille, q distance of some two or three
miles, aud was still raging.
Several fires have taken place in the woods
near Concord, N. Il One on: tic Plains"
burnt for three or four days, extending over
tract OF woodland four or five miles In
length, md estimated TO embrace at least
three thousand acres. The damage resulting
therefrom Is estimated at from fifteen to
twenty thousand dollars. The loss WIS seri-
ons,y Increased by the high wind prevailing
on Sunday, when another large tract at AZ
1enstown was also on Gre.
At about Ok O'Clock Sunday forenoon flse
was discovered In the woods In Granville, on
land owned by DR.. Ayling. About ten acres
Of young wood were burned over, together
with the same amount In an adjoining lot,
before the fire could be brought undcr con.
troll.
Fires in the woods In the north part OF New
Bedford, near praley's station, caught on
Thursday and Saturday from sparks from To-
eomotives, aud though still s1noldcrfng, only
thiety-ave acres Of land hare been burned
over, of which but three acres WAS covered
With any considerable growth Of wood.