, 1880-05-13
FOREST FIRES.
Fearful Destruction cuused N
Pennsylvania and on the !,
Jersey Coast.
Hundreds Of OIL Estnblishmo,..
Burned, Resulting In Incal.
c,,lablc Losses. IN
Several Good-sized Villages Wins,
Out by tho Devouring Elasues.

1snApro1tp, Pa, bfny. 12.-.shortly a,s,
moon to-tlay tho fire agaln started III tbo lin. tr,.
brr.iRnd Mt tho lend of Fosterbrook V,i,os
ntHi,t miles from Bradford. Tint scciIon !.
thtckfy stutldosl with derricks and tans.
Tho wind was blowing gale, alNl tlu Gr.
swept oyer tho ridge, consuming eyerythlns
like 30 many reeds. Continuing, thu e ~
swept t!dwn Trum Hollow, tho prolific po,tIns S
Of tho oil f'old, burning rigs, small tanks. an,
buildings. Tho Villages Of Oil Centre mi
M1t1'laushvlllo, with tho exception Of nm NM
or two houses, were entirely DESTROYED. A.
10 O'Clock tonight the Y, 0Oobarrcl Iron ,ons
Of Mitchell g. Jones Is In flames. M vi.
laRcs being located near, tho danger from
that source Is not great.
At Baker trestle, OH tho Kendall l. El1re,1
Railroad, seven miles from tic pIacc NJ
starting, n 5,000-bnrrcl tank Ia now burn,ng
The rhilroail trcstle will be destroyctf;:ph.
venting trains from running.
About dark this evening tho Town Of Duk
Centre, n placo Of 1000 Inhabitants, wps
threatened. -.--,..-
;,'rle tirp. organization from this city went
to that 1tlaco in response to TELEGRAM for
asststatce.. ), Ncnr the town are q dozen hum
Iron tanks, from whicl, hundreds Of men ora
now driving back the flames, mile aboye
Duke Centre.
A nitro-glyoorine repository cnnc IN tha
course bf tho flames, and exploded will, tpr.
rIble effect. Tho territory over which the
fro swept Is 10 wide, and tic points
SO inaccessible, Tint It Is Impossible to aojn
correct Information rs to tho nctual loss. II
Is estimated TINT 200 rigs, besides the volume
of OIL hnyo been destroyed, Duke Centro IL
reported safe Mt midnight.
A falling tree struck n itnnn named William
Reed, lntlictlllg probably fatal Injuries. No
other person injured.
north OF here seems to DO wrapped in fss: frai.
ful c0nllagrati0n. Tho fire. Is reDoftetl 10 bs
| IN tho Metghborhood OF llnrrsyi'ls and irtsh
Mills Tho loss Of Thursdays and Fridays
fire was s75. .ooo III tho cranberry bugs aion1e,
i must valuable In thu State.
pinEApE1rlitA, May IA dispatch from
fTobyhhnnn'Mills, Monroe CuuntyrIa., sny.;
-: Thts village Is s.a1nloat entirely surrounded
hy forest 1lres, which arc extending through
bark md hcihloek aid spruce logs haye 6cen
burned; and tho fires nre threatening tha d.
strlctfnn Of afi the bnrs md logs fl Tho woods
Tho robyaannn 4 Lehlgh Lumber Company
arn tllA .prlnclpal s,!tfaEers.n
fro Of the Wost appalling magnitude Is catlg
Its way towards the seacoast. Tlte at 6
shilling will smoke md the sun is ol,scuretl
Thousands Of birds and animals lying dead
III tIe woo,ls toll Ut. the destruction. X stiff
] breeze hns been bsDWlng from tle west. TAa
| fire seems TO cosno fram tho direction Of
NIdgewny md A A!cxanacr, ai,ti to DO feeding
| upon the l,atf-cE1nrrctl woods Of tho "lata
Erent forest fire. The line Of coast from ito
direction ut Toms River to SQualn IL sheet
I'of. .tta1fe ht ttusk this eyentng.
:: MousT PLEASANT, n. j.. May 12-Tha
ILLS section OF tic country CAUSED ,lanlaga
to tiinber land amounting to over $4,000.