The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-16
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EXTENSIVE FOREST FIRES.
THREE TTLLAGEs IN NORTHERN NEW
YORK LAID IN ASHES.
The Country TOR Hundreds OF Miles under .
Fall of smoke-IIomeiess Famiiie, Taking
shelter In the wooJs-Trnvcl ImpedeA.

The Country fpr Hundreds OF Miles und~r =
Fall of smoke-uomeiess Families TmkinS
shelter In the woods-Trnvcl ImpedoA.
MooRE's JUNCTION, N. Y, May 15-Since
midnight last night great fire has spread 40
rapidly among the forests and through bush
lands. that at this time the entire country for
hundreds Of miles Is enveloped In smoke.
Clinton Mills. yesterday a thriving village. IL
now level with the ground. and not house eft
standing. Forty-nv families are burned out Of
house and home, and women and children were
found this morning hudllcd together out OF the
way OF the heat About milo west OF Clinton
Mills. in the woods. are huddlcd together somo
twenty families. The women and children will
be provided with shelter and provisions AZ
Cherubusco. about three miles west the scene is
heortrcnding. Upon both sides of the Ogdens-
burgh and Lake Champlain Railroad. between
this station and Cherubusco. the woods are en-
veloped In flames.
The railroad station. several cars. and a
quarter Of mile OF track and telegraph lines
have been burned. Tho trains were unable
to pass through the burnt district till to-
day. The Are is still burning. but If the wind.
which has subsided. keeps luict. it Is thought
that there will be no further damage. Largo
fires are burning south of Malone and the exc
tensivc saw mill property ut Titusville IL in
danger. The roads through the woods are im-
pnssahle. No lives are known 10 have been lost.
Reports from Clinton county say the nre is
smouldering but not spreading. The wind
has subsidized The inhabitants Of Clinton Mills.
mostly French Canadians were sheltered and
led last light by merchant named Humphrey.
AT Cheruhusco, and to-day have gone among
their friends in Cunada. The greatest excito-
mont prevailed during the progress Of the fro.
which was ast9nishingly rapid; Eyerything
was wa yefE dry IND burned Ike Under The peo:
them barely escaped with their lives. Tho rail-
road company had an engine and ears at hand.
.lse some must have perishrl; From the time
Adhnss MIL caught until the village was a
sheet OF liancs, was less then half an hour.
Tho air seemed one sheet Of fire. or all the
property burned, very small portion was in
sursd. The mill property, lOgs. q at Clinton
ms were valued at over 100000. Insured in
At Cannon's Corner, flve miles from here in q
fo"ost district the fire. which had been smoul-
dering all day yesterday was last night famed
into a terrible cUnilagration 10y the high winds.
l'y 10 o'clock the flames had gained such head
way that Il was impossible to stay them. Every
dwelling house in the village is Lowell with tho
ground. The families that We're turned out of
Cannon & Coy and Wood 4. Coy were soon in
thore is no INSURANCE on the mills, nor upon the
dw,e.lllnts and effects Of the families,
AT Clinton Mills woman and boy are re-
ported missing. The families are mostly French.
Ie t2Tn ;b. Tsfords W are al des,r2yed while the
station lies red hot In the ruins. There can be
no estimate of the losses obtained for some
days, hut they Will be immense.
Another conilagrMion has lust cnvcloped tho
toWh Oi Sia,Rpoie three miles from Altoona
station. telegram from Altona says the entire
plnnce Is IN 1ailcs.
., ,fou6HKELPslE, May l5;-Extensiye forest
are on Hire near Nyark and at different places
from Spuyten DuyVil north to Tarrytown. A
large fre Is also raging south q Pcekskill. all
on the west SIDE of the river. The fire is also
spreading on me east shore above Fort Mont
SonIrly; rom ,MaIiporoush 10 Now Pnit2. on
ur Wcst shore. mere are many nreS. The air
on thc river IL thick win smoke. and in this
Siy cihders rom burning leaves are constantly
IlIhg. NhVlgarion II dlfIlcut because OF the
1enSe o., Sc smoke, RI" amount Of damage cannot
yel pc hScertainni. hut many acres OF good TIM