The Portland daily press., 1875-05-21
FIRES.
Disastrous COnflagratiOn at Osce-
ola, Penn.
200 Houses Burned and 1900 PeO-
ple Homeless.
LOSS $2,OOO,OOO.

TYRONE, May 20.-A large fire is raging at
Osceola The telegraph office has been burned
and communication severed. Fire engines ha We
been sent from this place
Fire broke out at the Shannon Lumber Com
papy's mills, west of OSceOla Fifteen million
feet of lumber was burned. The wind was so
strong fire brands two feet long were thrown
to most all parts of the town of Osceola. Fires
are breaking out at every place. All the pub.
lie buildings except the CATHOLIC and odo Metho-
were also destroyed. Twelve hundred people
are homeless. 1.-THE people were driven to the
race course, where they were surrounded by fire
from all sides. The fire department here left
at o'clock with three steamers and hose car
riages, but could not reach Osceola, the railroad
track being burned.
The railroad between Osceola and Gowelton
on either side is one blaze of fire. The MEM
beers of the Tyrone company fought their way
through and rendered all assistance possible.
Abont 200 houses are standing yet Some half
dozen houses were burned between Osceola and
Poweltown. Powelton is not destroyed. Sher-
iff Mcpherson left HautzSdale at o'clock p.
no. The reports at that hour were that IL
houses were burned and the coD1agraton was
raging terribly. There is no escape from the
town every communication being cut off by
fire through the woods
Atthis writing Hoop & Haines, Taylor q
Washauon lumber companies, HeiPs big mill
aud Elliott & Ca.dWell's lumber and saw
mills are burned; also Jessie Crawfor new
foundry-about 80 100000 feet of lumber was
destroyed. The total loss is about $20OO,OOO
The Insurance is generally very light No lives
lost I'D to last report. The people are in desti-
tute circumstances, having lost property and
everything else. The miners, who were re-
ported on a strike. are working diligently to
save Hantzsdale. The woods between Tyrone
and Philipsburg are reported ON lire.
Fire in the Woods around Port Jervis.
New York, May 2O.-A despatch from Port
Jeryis states that the spring forest fires are
covering an unusual extent of country and do
ing great damage to property. The whole Del
aware valley from this place to Deposit IS
shrouded in clouds of smoke from these hres,
and at night the mountains along the river are
illuminated.
For nearly week the farmers and lumber
men along the valley have done scarcely any
thing but fight fire, and despite their efforts
several buildings, large quantities OF timber,
bark and wood, aud miles of fences have been
burned, Two large saw mills have been de-
stroyed and from the heavy fires visible in
localities where other mills are situated, it is
thought that others have been burned.
Several of the numbering villages back from
the river are in imminent peril, and the inhab.
itants,are out night and day fighting the flames
The larger steam mills of Wood 81 Boyd, at
Edred, Pa, were saved yesterday by the unit.
ed efforts Of about 200 men, women and chill
dren.
Unless Iain falls soon a story of unpreced-
epted devastation by fire i'll this region must
be written. The loss thus Tar Will reach many
thousands of dollars.
Attempt 10 burn Shenandoah, Pa.
louisville, Pa, May 20.-This morning an
ATTEMPT was made to burn Shenandoah. At
Riles Hotel it was discovered coal oil and
lighted matches had been thrown in the win
dOws. In few moments after the above dis
covery was made general alarm was sounded