, 1879-05-20
ACRES OF FLAMES.
aInuutnns nnh EUrcat4 All Ab1nEr-FtEhttnE
t1ln Fires and Su,i1nlnR Them Oniy TO ann
Them Iirrhi< out Acknowledgment t,c-
4trIlrtInr nC lsrn,rrtv.

oIouutAlns nntl Fsrcats All Af,lazr-FighttnE
tllo Fires nn,l Su,,.anInR Them Only TO snn
Them Iirrnit Out Acknowledgment t,c-
structIon 6f Property.
Failt,dritafh I1uits. jay II.
Mountain aIul prairIe fires n:c At tits time SO
t1crcely destructive as to rtyet attention. -Ar-
co.ints OF the loss of ltfo nnl pr1pcrty feEan to
come from tho West, from Kansaa nrtl NclIras-
XII n early as March, At the SANG time !lsas.
trons cun!lagratio,ls In the timber la.,us Of this
State mud North Carolina wero notel. Follow
luz appeared stories Of arcs among thu av;lCo
grass along lie scaboar1i, tho one from Cape
May hralng tl.n list. Early In Mny
t,lountnin towns were lighted ut night from tile
submits ovcrinngng Now there are big
ilrcs III tho Dlue Ridge, above Frcdcr-
tclt, SD; in Northwestern PENNSYLVANIA;
near Waterford; in Lsuanon, schuyl1il, LII
ZPr,se, Pike, utll Bsrxa Counties; III the Cats
li(ls, aboyo Rondout, md In the vicinity of
Providence, Il. |. Tie fumes swcep over the
sides Of the mountalus growing by what they
feed IN. They mrs kiudlcd lY CARELESS or mr-
ch!cyous persons, tlIr throwing nwRy nf match
by tho trAinu WHO lights hts pipe telnE GIlOu.h
10 toirf ot tic tlry stuff. 'Ihc tlmhyr burma
80 rensilly because 0l ilc loug drought. There Is
spo1.,lnnt ut ttr N',lkes',arre Rtrort says lint
tllt T. earth Ia nS marched a dry til IN tAdsuEI,-
mer," 1lle Furt Jerycs Gazette states tint III
Pike County tho condition Ut the woods must bo
fearful, becnllse the "rOatls wtrg nUycr NO
duEty.'' In Leoanou, according to the New.s,
tic wild iowe!h nro dyiIy from thirst. We
absolutely rcVuiro twcnty-four hours Of atea,ly
rail-, to rctievc the ds1rGss md disconliort," IL
anuiller repnrt fr0l, 14nxGrnr.
-Four LhollsnlN tlercs Df lumber land have
lecu burnctl ovcr In the yietnlty Of tic Catocttn
furnaces, On tho eastern slopu of tho Cnturtin
Mountai',s. III Mary'an,l, Just below tho Penn
eYlyan[a State ssnu. Tic frcs stnrtu.l about tau
days ago ut point near tho fugnacc, and were
vauscl by sparEs trun ,l,c foundry. They Mvc
spyca,t atross tho ri,lgo into Middleton Valley
aiui over to South Mountain, extending to thu
vicinity Of thu ls!ark Rock. IN Wasl !ug.on
flames from tho outset. Having extuguisl,ctl
u,lc bit Ut burning wuuuants, they would sce
thc tlrul toI' ol sums distant trco Eentl'lE ltko
Il beacon, alml start on II run thttler. Thtt cut,
they wouiA III quickly rasraeu their steps, 'lsc
fire proah!y igiiltfng In ilae very piaco wllerc
| HEY Ind lust bestowed SD 1nuct, excrttoH. Tn
| Saturday Tho citizens, utter week nf constan.
buttle congratulated themselves Tint thu area
wers over. On sunday nleht tl!o stnoul.
ila,nts, n,rl congregations III tho near churches
| wesu dismissed. I'hu sight was terrible. Thu
! mountain sidea presented tho appcnranco OF
patct, IRON Middleton to the baltimore Horn.
ju9 Mra'd Of yesterday aAys; "'iflo tlre, AZ
seon frunl hure, Is grant. sIcctaelo; through
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u au} H'''1g H., 'oIHn ma'tor, ~ Su,a ..rai @ fr
Er,"r1tr saw. i II ~ I,rifsyei lint iIrse ira.
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