The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-13

grass Ia beautiful eontrss, 10 tue sombre lead color
Of the massive rocks which form the mountain
down the mountain and followed the winding o.
the creyces, flashing TO the right snd the lett IN
s w aS' surSS. ps,%crs q TIE
n most remarkabe one.
1t is singular that during the day the flames were
confined TO the Lish ground, and that as soon rs
niIht cane they began 10 wind their way Gown To-
ward the lower level.
SANS prAE ADLws.
The highest peak In the Shawangunk range "
Sans Point about 80 feet a1ovs ths ses Level
ago a man named BAN Nance, while pursued by
p1ry of Indians. made leap from this point catch
ing In tie top OF tree beneath MIN. and u,ns saw
lng his ne sans Peak began 10 bllse late on
sunday evening. and as II was eove'ed whl heavy
4. a. Sas very SrsS saS was seen or
many miles.
rur surrsRxRs.
On both sidee Of the valley the nres continued to
came down. Before this usteful visitation, ho..
ever, there had been much mischief done. n H.
Henry Clark, r. T. Carpenter and others Of II en-,
vile, Lost heavily in yossf timber. cordweod, bark,
and railroad i!.s Mr. Gale iost Is sere, Of timber,
n Hornbee& suffered TO the extent Of about fa 900.
and Ernbout, the tanner, Ia said 70 have lost 800
cords Of BARI In addition $500 worth o, timber
and cord wood. The dlmase through the valley ss
esiimsed BY careful judges cannot fall far short Of
The Ore va. not troublesome to the people alone.
Fr"m the caves and eorges and rsvines In toe
mountains hundreds VI
nipsous sArrLr~sAxrs
hurried down 70 escape the namss. Rabbits ssd
in Inc vailey snd took refas. near The sbodss q
men. 1be o,d brown bear, well-known 10 the fors-
fathers OF ne presen, ecnerafion, and believed 70
.sins IS isf En- ii. lair sssr aorilsasa isfs, On sh.
summit Of the mountain. and on Sunday niSht trot-
ted around by Ellen Vile ana Napanock 10 place
Of safety In the hills where he Gre had not been.
On Sunday afternoon the town OF Rllenville wss
In rrea, danger. The Gre had come down TO within
lev hundred yards of the outskirts, and wns raj
| idly advancing. Mr.. Gale and p1rty Of t~ ~enty
labores went out to beat the Gre baes, but In Few
minutes iound themselves entirely surrounded, and
| woman living on Mutton Ridge rad q verv mar
row escape. On discovering that the woods In the
rear Of her house were Gre she started 10 tu
| E.enviIe, but found to her SUR rise ard dismay
that tae hills on the other sis in flames. and
that thcre was little prospect that the town woud
escape. In making her way IRON her place she was
obliged 10 pass through nre two or three tines but
fut unately not burned.
| A teamster, while driving over Pal;zs Peak on
Sunday afternoon before tue hrr the east side
becsme general fell asleep In his wagon. and when
he awoke found himself surrounded by fire. He
plieI tie whip vigorously, and made Ills wav doN n
the mountain at much faster gait than he ever
One modern Muncaausen. whom met At Terwil.
hsers Hotel told me In al seriousness that he had
tW cen NaTnnoeb and RllenyiIe on Sunday nirhi,
and that with them were raitiesnakes, squirrels,
rabbits, and fo.es, all moving toward the cooler
pastures and hiding places OF the west On beine
asked whether he had met the bear he replied III I
he 'monght O. saw him, but he was wsteain' the
turkles and snakes and thing, and didn't puy no
attention" He added that tue bear In now no lee.
than 2OO years Old
rHE yiRE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY
was very. destructive. 1t was frst seen ", Del-
ware, Nhsne. !; spread rapidly ~ timber tract
damage. MIR. Clark lost about 900 logs on Calcoun
creek, and Ejwar Lawrence W., also heavy loser.