, 1875-05-26
NUMBER 275.
Incidents of tho Fearful Forcst-
Fires in pennsylvania.
The Destruction Caused in Pike, Wa5nu,
and Lu.erne Counties.
One Hundred Miles Of Forest Jand
Burned 0rcr.
The Daily Record.

The Daily Record.
=. THE PENHsYlvAHtA FOREST FIRES.
MAucn CHUNK. Fa., May 25.-A heavy rain,
falling during tho last eight hours, has COM
p!ttely quenchsd tho flames In tho lumber ro-
gion and in all parts Of tho country.
Correspondence Sto Fork 1Imes.
LAcKAwAxEN, Pa, afny 21-Tho rains Of Fri
day night and yoaterday morning oxtioguishet
for tho time the heavy forest tisca that hava
been sweeping through tho Counties OF Pike,
Wa5ue. Monroe, aud Luzerne, In PENNSYLVANIA,
and Sullivan, Delaware, and Orange, in New
York but today thos have brokon out again IN
places and threaten to adsume more dangerous
The woods arc rs drr a. tudor tho
rain not aeoEing to peno.rate tho bedded leaves
aud dry uosscs, In which tho least Hpssk ata1ta
q disastrous fire. Tic region mentioned above
hns not in mhnY yeara been Visited With such
destructive forest con1aErationA. fllageR. ulilla
tsnherics. aud fatul.houAes hhso bcen ucstsoyed,
with millions OF foot OF lumbar, iuuumerablo
cords Of wood and haEk. thousands OF railroad
tieh, md acEcs OF valnablo Young timber. But
little Ia yet known Of tue amount OF obstruction
nctuaaiy done. ~ there hro hundreds at mills
aud isolated Bcttements. especially In rike,
Wayne, Sullivan. and Monroe Counties, which
were In tho midst Of tho burning forests, but
from whiclt no positive news has Jet bccn re-
ceved. Reports, on very good authority. aro rifo
that Swamp 3tills. on Teu-Alie lliver, o lumber
Eottlon,ent Of Bone Importance, with mn immense
Amount Of lumber, las been destroyed; that
three atcaul mills In tho Beaver Hill region, bc-
longing to Deales i llolcomb. aud 100.00o feat
Of luMboF largo tannegr. several thousand
corda Of bark. aud TIRES dwellings, in Rockiand,
Sullivan County; and tho depot md two build
Jugs At Motsston. on tile Midland Railway, have
sIi been consumed by tho fires. Tho Village of
Ed, cd in WAvuo County, and tho very exten-
sivo steam mills Of Wood 4 Boyd, wuro only
Haretl by proyldcntial change in tho Wind,
wish drove & tue ianes "a, a.o4"a tue Place and
skirts and few thousand feet OF hemlock fum-
her.
On the pocono Mountains. in tronroo County,
hundreds OF peopfe have been driven from their
homos. About TobAhanra, on tho Delaware il
Lackawanna Railroad. many thousand dollars
WORTH Of lumber WAS destroyed, ard extensive
mills only naved FROM burning by tho timely
Intervention Of the rain Friday night. High
in tho southwestern portion Of this county,
was burned over, and a sawmlll at it's base
DESTROYED. The Erounds OF the Blooming Grove
Pasx Association are iu that rcg.on and some OF
1Amea- Tue whole section thercabout il nukod
for its gau,e 1t bring 10 some p1aces primitive
wilderness. Many deer have been Been flying
from tho burning forests, and seeking safety
INSTANCES Joined tho cattle feeding III the in
closures near fa.n.hougeb. gsms deer having
oeeu noticed feeding tAus In different places, on
| Friday last. in the vicinity Of blooming Grove.
Other wild game has been driven from the woods.
aud largo Quantities mus. haze pcrished. Two
fni-groxn and three Young bears CAME out Of tho
| forrest ut tho old turnpike road abovo Blooming
| Grose on Friday, last, and, although pursued by
huurers, followed tho road for mile and moro
until thoy had reached the wcrtern boundary Of
tho fire, When they turned into the woods sgain.
and cacapsd the pursuing hunters. Myrhtls Of
wild pigeons hare boen driven from their rooata
Ia the beech woods, aud wero in almost constant
flight Thursday aud Friday. sooliug snfer places
further 10 the north. Large numbers weso
| killed. Flahegmen who had visited tho trout
slreatnu of Tho region wero compslted 70 ay fur
their lives. Ono party from Philadelohla wero
compelled 10 forsake thois teuts and climb a
mountain still hot and smoky from fro that bad
iust burned il oyer, and make thelr way ncarly7
miles, t. get around tho walH Of Gse aaeepinE
up aud down taia creek b5 which they vera
| encampcd. Two men from Eochoater were
| dsison iuto deep pool at tho foot OF a f4l
Oh Taylor Crcsk where thoy were Obliged 70 Iia
submerged a. much ~ possible until q iirc unc1,
| had surrounded them nad cut oQ their rctreat
hal exhausted itsclf about them. lanl'srs!an
at Ton Milo River wt,lo fighting tlro on TINT
stream, WAS felIcd 10 the oarth by tho falling Of
burning ttoe, aud boforo he could DO rctcncd,
WIS fatally burned. 1loada through tho woods
have been impassabo for week, nnd tfiero Is
hardly d fence for nllcs through lilo burnt DIS
trct. 4 luan named ilancy. who had bcen ou: III
tho bAck-woo1s on Thursday. masking nh exatH1flh-
lton Of Bome lumber land he was negotiating for
tue purchase of, found hlusAslf IN tho midst Of
au amul,,hen:so OF iiro whom Ae started on
his return l,y lying closs in his wagon lie ws7
enabled to shield himself somewhat tro1, tho
hent, and his horse needed but little urging to
mako his way rapidly over tue road ilned with
fire on each side. The poor animal foJ! dead.
howoyer, bcforo tho gauntlet was run. and
IisneY was obliged to mako tho test Of his Why
Gu. Of tho wooia. ABOUT haf milo. On loot. lla
was ',ailv burned aud, nron reachlng TAytorH"
fHi,F
It's n, obably safe rstlato to Hay that mt loaa
than 100 milet Of forest hare boon burned Over
within week, in this region alone. But LITTLE OF
the full damage acno Ia yet known, aud u tha
thurs is yvt much devastation In store.