Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-21
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II - ragsd in New i"rA' 1 oAN
~ New Jersey. causing in
1 fsHl' .n,, a a loss estimated in amour
| eooeo ~ We gather the follo~inI
1 .,"m dispatches to the New Y'r'
/ S'1 aoo,zaale. Pa. a dlspa.cn
4 r.. fr1.i, ID. says: For sorae na,s nas
/ ~ NAY yss 10 the vicinity OF bris
/ - ibs s.,z3ale have been on nre II
i e sDc b9u INT no decided NOV
1 s'Sae toward Stamping ~ sns = 1. town a1' .
srsdusnTr Ts,s morning a heavy Rai'
pssn. ID yard set In. ana olsW tn
10 the .se direction OF Hoover
ssss y c';'s mill. Men were prompt
1 gnbss ~ fighting the fire f1end
tsasout avail, thouen On, 'ns u ,sad nSI' !
sssa nss :. emergency OF tins klnd si
- ia IS - an all parts OF the mill
81 Pa,,s:l P,g ,ns:slock the whistle sounaed Al
lbssi y Eou ,,ore aid. and the most siren
sgssl Iol I;cns - we're made 10 save tbs
- stsis,u s... The greedy flames seized
s'es immense lumber plies. .;n.
g..,.;r i situated between Two aiiIs .h
/ hssIs Inc At the western end OF tn'
IAsfuli 18th steady gale carrying
Hs. enu' .,om house TO house, II wal
" 0ap. aims until the space betweef
s;IIs was q ssethine mas "a "a ,ne nae
s..s 1a, Hughes d Co.'S mill ana lum
ns ns,ss and stores, Simon Din.er
bsysLrsss Lssort Hall, and at least go othel
So, iDo ssre destroyed. But few peo,
ss'0lness suytbine, and the scene u
s s'eu ~ the extreme. Several slel
aous ws,a taken from their houses
r~ - raj difficulty. Over loo families
~ hs,sft OF everything IN 'he "o,io %
m - ~ cIo,hing they wore: Mrs
sw % An old and respected lady
en.'aSb es'aSb, by the fire and burned td
s4ib. .t,oher;no town. uea,
vs;,s Haven, Pa, IL houses, occupied
- s.oIoyess of the mill there wert
y s%p ~ forest fires May %. 1--we
49, - n the Lehigh Valley Railroad
80 Sssssroyed. and also the stables oi
- ~ IAris & Co, lamber Jntractors
y D.s;sb II horses perished. Total loss
sanI1 Grsat fires were sweeping ovei
s.Wbi,e Mountains. Fires were rag
-, Ashland. Charcoal to the amount
IsnsI cords was burned in Northum
srand county.
y,~msnd Jus fires ragged in the vlcin'
Z. - Kane. Emporium and Sterling
= y ths line of the Philadelphla ans
~. Railroad. At Sterling VIM. Her
~. ,annery was burned. at a loss oi
sallsn PARTIALLY insured Cowelfs saw
s,rl 4, the same place, was destroyed
5,voyinp A loss Of xl0,C0o COOK I
E,J Al Emporium vas burned, caus
No a loss of $1,000. Trans raI
,sruueh hrs for miles. The river a.
Tss,,nU vas full of deer that escaped
iru ,bs burning woods, and two bear;
s.,s soarea into the cleared land. The
- n mill property, lumber, etc, IN the
yisinity OF Emporium will amount Il
tlN000. The daDage to standing
hpoer cannot be estimated.
10 Tioea county seventeen OF th'
Eosburc Coal Company's tenement
koases, in the mining town of Arnot
sers burned, and several million feet oi
C, Iambsr near by. The mountains
nd valleys of the eompanys wo0dland'
bsssesn Arnot and Antrim, q distanc'
q II miles, we're ablazs. Many faru
Aesses and barns were destroyed. Ir
tbs county the fire was general. Large
Quantities of timber were destroyed
ll0nq the line Of the Tioga railroad. al
vel As many houses, barns and othel
buildings. The town of Thompson wal
shelly destroyed. including a saw mill
The loss there is over 10000. Seven
tssn houses were burned in Arnot, en-
silne an additional loss of $4,000
Two million feet OF lumber were alss
bcrned. The fire WIS very :.erce abou
Morris and Antrim. Among the mos
nlasb!e properties burned in different
parts Of Tioga county were the saw mil
Il Andrew kanl. At Spring River, Ell
county, with 100000 feet Of lumber
saa the saw mill. logs and lumber of DIR
m. OTIS, at Hemlock station.
MSvissmont, AZ two mills. with larg,
snOuni Of lumber were destroyed.
10 New York, the little hamlet. Gil
mans Depot. on the line of the Port
ssfvis and Monticello railroad, Is mile,
non Port Jervis. was entirely destroy
g. Forests all throughout this vicin
w have been burning for several day
ssih great fury. and yesterday morning
zoe dense smoke sweeping over Gil
mansfrom the west warned the resi-
asnss OF IRE in the immediate vicinity
hsssrs. Alfred and W. w. Gilman, tia,
iofmer the manager of the mills. sen
III The mill hands into the woods I,
hshs the flames, but their efforts wsr,
unsvailng, the fire sweeping onwart
and compelling the inhabitants of tn,
saiAee to Tee for their lives, leaving al
.nslf property behind them. The fol
owing buildings, all owned by Mr.. Gil
siaa, were burned; Circular saw mill
Nhooi house, two tenements, store
pN oliice, railway freight hous4
F.nlnR mill, tannery. two black
snisa sheps. Mr.. Gilman's resi-
arnce, boarding house, Andrew Camp
wns h)use, three large barns, shed
sae some smaller buildings. In add
s'oa 70 The above loss, four cars of lum
e1 Standing on switch, 800 cords O
eAik and 100000 feet of lumber wer
eesfosed. One sswmill and fsu
n.aof buildings are the only structure
n Standing. The residents of tn
hNoe sefe snable 10 save ANYTHING bu
sse clothes on their backs. Andre,
AmpoelI and John Murrain were ser
sasv burned about the face. On
nan, who afierward ESCAPED. stood i
sas ~; m'ii pond an hour, the flames roal
- around him on all sidss. The tets
- vi snsunt TO between $4,000
IN Sa"uo, on which the Q is ne in
sAhce The railroad bridges vel
- u.i'sd shile a third one WAS saved b
~ ,Aifoad employees standing in
re re ana throwing water on ID
sa.sl els OF Their bats. Port Jervis W.
Twp q In heavy column of smok,
,ss ragged IN the Storm King mout
80 nesr cornwall, on the Shewar
80 Meantains, between Port Jerv
- hossndale. and in the Highland
80 - ol naverstraw. The air was fille
ss ~ smoke and ashes. and burne
- 's were hoaiing about. Much dan
hsnded. "'noe' was app''
a. aspateh from Elmira, stated tn,
- 80 aou 80 and barn AZ SUNNI
's burned. The wo.o.llands in M
an sn OF Erin we're being swept
49, 49, lhe forests on the uorthwe
Se snsvanqunks and the Catskill
d.r~ ~ iork, we're on fire. and gre
sss.se sase TO neighborinc settlements W
S..S Sui r. firea were also raging on q
49, hing mountains. near Cornwa
a., u The Highlands, west OF Have
as.. a A large amount of timber W
soyed In the Catskill mountair
srs t p' nre. extending from West Hurl
Sss.fe ufe broke out in the woods
ltlt4Wn 81 Al a..