The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-16
The Ungrateful Wretches.
FOREST FIRES.
Great Destruction in the Interior
of New York - Whole Villages
Burned and Hundreds of People

of New York - Whole Villages
Burned and Hundreds of People
Homeless. ..
National Associated Press to the Star.
MooRE's JUNCTION, N. Y, May 16.-
The great fire has spread rapidly among
the forests and through brush lands.
The entire country tor hundreds OF miles
is enveloped in dense smoke. Clinton
Mills, which was yesterday thriving
village, giving employment In the saw
mills there TO many men, is now de-
stroy ed-not a house left standing. On
all sides deSolation stares one in the
face. Fifty-ive families are burned out
OF house and home. Women and chill
dren were found nuddled out Of the way
Of the heat, but almost stifled with
smoke.
They had beside them some scanty
remnants OF household effects which
they were able to carry away before the
flames swept their homes from exis =
ence. The husbands and sons were
lighting the flames about q mile west OF
Clinton Mills. Some twenty families
were buddled together. The women and
children will! be taken away immedi-
ately, and provided with shelter and
west. The scenes are heart-rending in
this vicinity, while upon ali sides
nothing but binding aud flying embers,
carried far and wide by high winds,
tend TO make matters worse.
Upon both sides of the Ogdensbu e
Il Lake Champlain Railway, betwee IL
this station anu CheruDusco, the roads
are enveloped in flames. Last night was
one OF horror.
AT Cannon's Corners. situated five
miles from here in a forest, the fam, -,
which had been smouldering in the
woods all day were tanned into terri
BILE fire by high winds, and the inhabi-
tants were greatly alarmed. By 10
o'clock the flames mad made such head
way that 1t was Impossible to stay them.
Such scenes as those witnessed in this
town will never be forgotten. Every
dwelling house in the place was leyeled
to the ground. The families, turned out
of doors at night, were frantic at the
appalling spectacle before them. They
lost everything, except some scanty
clothing.
Tue large mills OF Cannon & Co. aud
Wood u 60. were among the structures
consumed. AS far as could be learned,
there is no insurance upon these mills.
IL ID not yet known how mucn, ii amy,
insurance there may be on the dwell
ings and effects Of the families. As far
as known no lives are rep rted lost at
Cannon's Corners. AT Clinton Mills
two persons are reported missing, a
woman ana boy. The names are not
stated. The families are mostly French.
The town records are all destroyed.
The safes of the Clinton M Ills, the Post
office, and the railroad station, are red
hot in the ruins. The loss Gu Adams &
CO.'S mill, at Clinton Mill, are upward
Of 500, 900; insurance said to be $25, 900
In twenty five counties The loss ou the
dwellings and their contents is not
known, but the insurance thereon is
about $4,000. There can be no accurate
estimate OF the total loss tor day or
two. 1t is known, however, to be i'm
mense.
Ano her confiagaration has enveloped
the town OF Stackpole, three miles from
Atona Station. The entire place is in
flames. Never before have such iires
ragged in these parts. The people are
greatly excited at different points, fear
ing they will shortly be burned out.
PICKANoCK, ONT, May 16.-Very ex-
tensive h,es are prevailing mere aDouts,
and all the settlers are trying to save
their buildings. The woods are being
burned down rapidly, and should the
wind blow hard there will be q great
amount OF properly destroyed.
BUCKINGHAM, QUEBEC, May 16.--
Brus I-iifes ,l.c w.tlIil three or four
miles VI this village. No damage re-
ported as yet.