The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-05-27
Pennsylvania. The Terrible Forest
Fires.

MILFORD, May y. The forest fires
which have been raging in this county
the past few days, sweeping everything
in their course, are yet sweeping ON with
undated fury. The fire has passed over
a vast territory, making its way into ten
out of eleven townships in Pike county.
1t has destroyed hundreds of miles Of
fences, two valuable saw -mills and thou
sands of acres OF valuable timber lands
! Hundreds of people in the districts are
| fighting the flames night and day, but
owing to the continued high winds their
| efforts thus far have been entirely futile
A few miles northwest OF this place the
entire neighborhood is one vast body of
fire, and people living in the back settle
ments are unable to get either one way
OF the other The fire first commenced
in small log cabin four miles north OF
here, Sunday, which was broken into and
fired by tramps.
TYRONE, Pa, % Reports were receiv
ed here last night that the fire was APP
preaching the town of Phillipsburg, and
| in order to save the town from destruc-
ton the burghers ordered all the bush
! around the town to be burned, which was
| done at once.
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ground, and smoking piles of debris is all
that is left of it. The neighboring towns
are sending out money and provisions for
the relief Of the uniortunates.
Hautzdale is not entirely destroyed, as
before reported The last accounts say
only about fourteen houses in the outskirts
of the town were consumed, but more
trouble is anticipated from the tact that
the fire is rapidly increasing and still rag
ing teartully in the vicinity.
PoRT JERvIs, May -. The forest fires
in this vicinity are eXtinguished, the smoke
is gradually disappearing. Much loss has
ensued from the burning OF wood, tan
| bark, fences, etc. Fires are still in pro-
gress in some parts of Sullivan and Pike
| counties.
MAUCH CHUNK, May -. Very severe
mountain fires were raging in Carbon
county for the past few days. An inn
mense amount of lumber, logs and dwell
ing houses have been consumed. In Hick-
DRY Run and Mud Run regions the fires are
beyond control and nothing but a rain fall
can extinguish them The inhabitants Of
Mud Run have suffered terribly by the fire
and numerous families only escaped with
their lives All their household goods
with their residences were destroyed.
Five saw-mills and eighteen houses have
been burned on Mud Run Creek, and the
flames are still raging through that region,
nothing seeming to stop its progress.
Stephen Gould lost 300 900 feet of lumber.
| The lumbermen, their wives and even
children turned ont to fight the flames,
but only in few instances have they
been successful. Auderried GAINESVILLE,
Beaver meadows and other mining vii
lagos the flames had to be fought away,
all who were able turning out to do so at
Mauch Chunk. The fires in the noun
tains are still burning, but thus far no
serious damage has been done. Back of
Westport and Perryville the fire is rag
ing and spreading. but so far nothing
serious has been reported The damage
by fire in this (Carbon) county will
amount to at least half a million dollars
TYRONE, May %. At Osceola the de-
struction and desolation is very much
greater than has been reported. Nine
tenths of the town is burned, leaving
scarcely enough ashes to mark where the
houses stood in the midst of the conflagra-
ton Thieves and robbers are plving
their trade, breaking into trunks and APP
propriatimg to themselves sundry articles
of value.
WELCOME RAIN.
SCRANTON. May %. A drenching rain
visited this section yesterday, completely
extinguishing forest fires in the Moosie
highlands and in the woods around Mos
COW, Daleville, Tobyhauna and Other
towns along the Delaware, IackaWana
and Western railroad