The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-05-16
FOREST FIRES.
Disastrous COnflagrations in East.
ern New York.
TWO TOWNS DESTROYED AND
OTHERS ON FIRE.
Terrible Scenes of Suffering aud
Reported Loss of Life.
Especial to the Boston Journal

Especial to the Boston Journal
MooRE's JUNCTION, N. T., May Is Since
midnight last night the great fire has spread so
rapidly among the forests and through the
brush lands that at this writing the entire
country for hundreds of miles is enveleped in
dense smoke. Your correspondent reached
Clinton Mills at daylight this morning What
was yesterday thriving village is level with
Fifty-fye families are burned out of house and
home, and women and children were found this
morning huddled together, out of the way of
the heat but almost stified with smoke, having
beside them the scanty remnants of the house.
hold effects which they were able to carry away
before the flames swept their homes from
existence. while their husbands and sons, some
OF whom were almost driven frantic at the loss
OF their all, were fighting the flames raging in
an immense amount of valuable sawed timber
situated few rods from where Messrs. Adams
mill stood. About mile west of Clinton
Mills, in the woods, are huddled together some
twenty families. The women and children will
be Immediately taken and provided with shell
ter and provisions at Cherubusco, some three
miles west. The scenes are heatrending in this
vicinity, while upon all sides nothing but
binding smoke ana flying embers, carried far
and wide by the high wind, tend to make the
matter worse. Upon both sides of the Ogdens-
burg and Lake Champlain railway, between
enveloped in flames. Last night was one of
terror.
Destruction of Cannon's Corners.
At Cannon's Corners, situated five miles
from here in forest district, the flames, which
had been smouldering in the woods all day yes
terday, were last night waited into a terrific
fire by the high wind and the inhabitants of
the village became alarmed. By ten o'clock
the flames had gained such Roadway that it
was impossible to stay them. Such scenes as
these which were witnessed in this town will
never be forgotten. An eye, witness to those
scenes has just arrived here and says that every
dwelling house in the village is level with the
ground. The families who were turned out of
doors IN the dark night were frantic at the
scenes of desolation before them. All their
effects, save some scanty clothing, were con-
sumed in less than two hours, while the large
mills of Cannon & Coy and Wood & Coy were
soon in flames and directly consumed.
Supposed Loss Of Life.
At Clinton Mills two persons, woman and
boy, are reported missing. 1t is impossible to
obtain their names. The families are mostly
French. The town records are all destroyed,
while the safe of the Clinton Mills post-otfice
and railroad station lies red hot in the ruins.
There can be no estimate of the losses obtained
for some days, but they will be immense. am
about to leave for the scene Of another con-
fagration which has just enveloped the town
of Stackpole, three miles from Altoona station.
place is in flames.
ITO the Associated Press.l
Forest Fires i'm the White Mountains.
LrTTLEToN, N. H., May 15.-Extensvef forest
fires are raging in the vicinity of the Fabyan
and Crawford Houses, Carroll. A large amount
OF wood belonging to Henry Joy and Baldwin
was burned. Several rails on the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad were destroyed. A large
force are at work fighting the fire.
NORTH CONWAY, N. H., May 15.-Fires in
Bartlett woods are still raging, about LOO cords
of bark belonging to Judge Pttman of Bart
lett, have been destroyed. There is no definite
account of the extent of the fires at Fabyan's
and Crawford's on the line of the Portland &
Ogdensburg Railroad, but they are very
extensive and are still raging Three hundred
or four hundred cords of wood are reported to
have been burned, "a part of which was
insured.
WooBvILLE, N. Il, May l5.-Nearly the
whole western side of the White Mountains
from Lancaster, in Coos counGy, to the Craw-
ford and Fabyan Houses, in Carroll county,
are on fire. There has not been drop of rain
for several weeks. To-day it has been raging
iercer than ever. Yesterday the whole town
of Whitefeld fought fire to a man all day to
save the village and the large lumber mill
belonging to the Brown Lumber Co. The loss
is confined to lumber fences etc