The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-03
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FOREST FIEES.
How they are Devastating the
Country.
DrOuih and Storms are Help
ing with the Ruin.

Ottawa, blush fires are reported on
ell sides OF here, with great destruction
of property. A Toronto dispatch says
the fires are rspidly extending along the
borders of the timbered country, n high
wind tanning the fames. Telegraph COM
munieation is either totally or seriously
interrupted. Insurance agents report the
fires are most disastrous. Already there
are thirty cases of farmers having their
entire crops and buildings burned In
Gravehurst section several fsrmhouses
and barns, with their contents, burned
to-day. North of Bracebridge the fires
are more intense than in the township.
Stephenson, an old sick man, was carried
out Of burning house a considerable dis
lance, and placed in charge of two little
girls. Shortly afterwards those fighting
the fire found the old man dead and the
children missing. 1t is believed they
persisted. Fires rage all about Belevile
aud the smoke is so dense opposite the
shores that the bay cannot be seen. The
villages of Roslin and Sterling have only
been saved from destruction by the active
eXertions of the inhabitants. In the
township of Mado q large amount Of
property was destroyed, including dwell
AnA51 Oo1LSf N4OpcS lCuCCSt
etc. Never have the woods been in
dryer condition. Brscebridge tells of
immense destruction of property and
the loss of two children in the flames.
Gait and Cheapaide, Ont, report very
ming and hailstones were sccompani-
Dents At Gait the streets were flooded
and several houses were struck By light
H'hnpooo
killed instantly by lightning, while
working on farm. A span of horses
he was driving was also killed. A bro
ther working with him vas struck. The
wife of John McPhaler, a farmer near
Clyde was instantly killed by lightning
while sitting in the house at Cheapside.
Several barns we're destroyed by light
ming. The storm lasted two hours, ac-
companied by hail, some of tie stones
measuring two and a half inches in cir
conference.
Milford, Penn, Forrest fires are
breaking out all along the Delaware Val
ley and tho sun is entirely obscured by
smoke. No rain of any account since
the 9th Of July. Large fires are reported
IN Palmyra township.
Fredericksburg, Va, 1.-The unprece-
denied drought prevailing IN northern
Virginia has been disastrous to the corn
crop. In some portions rain has not
fallen in three months. There is 10 food
for cattle and in some cases the people
travel thirty miles. On the upper Rapa-
hammock water is hauled from the river
for household use.
Trenton, N. D., Crops snd cattle
are suffering from the drouth which ex-
tends the whole length and breadth of
the state. Tho Blue Mountains, New
jersey, are blazing for miles, the dense
smoke Obscuring the sun. The heat is
intense. In the northern part of Hudson
County, where the water supply is en-
tirely derived from wells, residents are
compelled to carry water from jersey
City and HoboEen, paying as high as
$40 load. The North Hudson County
Railroad Company, who have about 6OO
horses ct West Hoboken, cart all their
water in large iron tanks. The Burling-
ton reports say the Delaware River ard
all streams are uncommonly low.
Wells, cisterns aud springs afford barely
enough water for family use. Corn
crops and pastures are burning up. Not
even vestige of green can be seen in
many fields
Buffalo, 1.-The drouth in this section
is very severe. Farm products are very
poor and short Of the usual crop.
Ontario, I'm the Odessa section the
damage done to timber alone viii be
$50, Coo Many fsrmhouses are burned. |
Smoke obseures the sun. The fires make
the atmosphere uncomfOrtsbly warm.
The losses are estimated at Sl,COO,O00