The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-05-24
The Hoods ira a Blaze.

Great forest fires are reported commencing
en- the 18th, in New York, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine and Wisconsin. At
Moore's Junction, New York, the fire COM
menced at midnight, May Is, and spread So
rapidly among the forests and through the
brush lands that the entire country for
hundreds of miles became enveloped in a
dense smoke. The Clinton Mills, thriviD G
village, is now level with the grouud aud
not house left standing. Fifty-dve families
were burned out of house and home, and
women and children were found, in the
morning, hudded together out of the
heat. About mile west OF Clinton Mills,
in the woods, we're huddled together some
twenty families. Women and children we're
provided with shelter and provisions at
Cherubusco, about three miles west. The
scene was heartren ding.
At Stackpole Forge, Cannon's Corner and
Centreville, n. Y, where the fires ragged the
| fercest, the people fed in every direction,
| frequently barely escaping with their lives.
At the latter place, twenty-seven dwellings,
| with barns attached to most of them, six
saw.mills, two stores and one church, were
| swept away; also, a large quantity of lum
| Der, including over half a million finished
| shingles. The entire property of Stackpole'
Forge was swept away. Mills, charcoal
kilns. dwellings, stores, and their contents
were consumed. Telegraph wires were upon
the ground, railroad trains ran cautiously
| while at the spot where the Clinton Mills for
merly stood, all communication was cut off.
Three-quarters of q million dollars worth
of property was destroyed at Clinton Mills
New York.
An appeal has been made to the charita
bic for food and clothing for the unfortu
mates.
At Champlain large quantities OF provis
ions and necessary clothing have been con
tributed by the citizens.
1t is stated there were many families liv
ing in the woodlands where the fires hav
ragged SO fearfully, and that, undoubtedly
many persons have perished while attempt
ing to save their lives.
In New Hampshire, nearly the whole sid
of the White Mountains, from Lancaster
Coos County, to the Crawford House an
Fabyan House, Carroll County, were on fire
On the 10th, the fire was raging fercer thai
ever. On the 18th, the whole town o
Whitefeld fought the fire all day long, t
save the village and the large lumber mill
belonging to the Brown Lumber Company
Loss is confined to timber, fences, etc.
The fire at New Zealand, u ear the Fabya
House, destroyed the wood and coal work
of Henry, Jay & Baldwin. who lost over 6v
hundred cords of wood, besides valuabl
timber.
At the same time, a forest fire two mile
wide was raging near South Berwick, Maine
and was rapidly progressed eastward.
, IN WISCONSIN.
Specials from the vicinity of Green Bay
May Is, report that spring fires in the wood
north of that point, were raging frightfull
along the line cf the Northwestern Railroad
with an almost continuous blaze frol
Marietta, Wis, to Ishpeming, Michigan,
distance of one hundred and twent y-nin
miles, the fire extending back, at some di
tance in the forest, distance of twelve
fifteen miles.
8 The North western Railroad Company 10
one hundred and thirty COZ ds of wood, ar
. the Quincy mine lost five thousand cords.
Several small houses have been burne
The loss on pine timber is heavy. Ri
t was prayed for, to stop the flames and pr
vent losses which aggregate hundreds
:. thousands of dollars.