The sun., 1884-05-04
NILES OF FORESTS ON FIRE.
11LL/0Ea, FIRM HOrsEs. saw NILS.
AND TIMBER DEsTROYED.


fH~ vy,u~. mxr.,,,. rsrc,~s S,,,..,..
ssasss~ sSs- Tw. n,r.s,s....-Tss T.r.
ssvy. sss~e. Saw Ndsi,s. mus Msss sr The
pwefissgs Cs~ssssea-s.oss, SaoO. .oOsS.
POnr JERyrs. Nav "A dian ro,,s cop-
1scr~tion occuryed st C,,n,,,,. a,,,io, ,s.,.r-
Cay. resuitina In tho total destruction ~ tho
store, tannery two snw nijja apl s,vera,
dwellings. tho property ~ W. ". Gilman 4 SON
and involving n ioss q, n.or,v soon ooo rhs
forest fires. which tho dry weather. I'M. far,r.J
had becn burning for s.vo,ri d.vs in ,ha
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smoke, coming from tho direction Of Forest
proach'ng Gi,man's station. Mr.. Alfred Gilman
sunSr.s to rh. .hs S,o ""hu' %oar"e "v,, wi"J i'm"
VAS blowing from tho west bu, toward noon II
,su%S TIN. %Iroet,, an" y" ,ns s H"sS w"a a HIau ,hs
ams was from tho southwest. nj md tho hrs M had had
Then tho wind sudiorly changed and began
powerless to successfully co,nua. tho NJ rproach.
Ing flames. coming both from the west and
north. and were comp'lled t" Hoe to save them
;c ;oSss @ the ro travelling rave" tt" rate Of fro" four
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Mr. Gilman remained at MS circular saw mill
hu, larse c cina,rs ana bnr,ins @ rn,hcps @ ,ysrn
u.ss W. ''."' w.. ~" an' u",.."E o''o.'s "u,o
soon in famos A schooIhouse adjoining then
q tenement house occupied by Mike Mcrndden
and Lynn King, and another occupied by John
Mnrrain. John Terms. and James McGarvoy.
eN' So n"''e'' wv o>eue""'' Aa'
wearing apparel. The stor.house. which
s,.'. .. onn n,. ous 'a"" nv
ABOUT e.uoo. ana whleh was usou as
house and several niles oi lumber I, on lie . west
Of the railway. were soon on fire. 1t was then
hoped that the nrmes nigh, he controlled. but
!annery. Two blacksmith shop rhrls for stor.
h"u.ss Of Mr. h Gilman nj" liz @rse 'b boarSns ard Souss
occupied by Herman isndolEh and John Leon.
inE house -. "scupied BY Mr.. Gilman :
foreman. Mr.. , andrew, Campbell. and
t%o million e ready Gr mnrks .srsia 2ss, fla,
.s %I e ,so sysTyI'%s j. tia" WI VI
binding and II wns almost useless 70 attempt
to save any, rroperty. For three hours the
sssHhT ssf Sss T%as to sqr" asf h s.s1
burned. Mr. Andrew Campbell was sev"r-i;
burned about the face and eyes. ns was Mr.
1hn wn.rs one he n iSss refuge Tsr in
unable 10 move and blinded by smoke
This morning the scene Of the conlinGrntinr
was one OF cuTn nplete d.soattop. The whole
village Ind been swppt away Groups Of MIR
Giiman's employees. thrown out Of employ
gathered arou nd the ruins and conversed re-
CARDIAC the ~is!so;rtnn.i t,s Many Of them wer,
we're one. Mr. &. L"s. GOkkerp.r for MIR. Gil
man, said that there we're Ii1 men on thei
ay r" and nas rHs 80 to 40 Others
Gilman % ,hs senior m"mh,r p'Ms. "f t6s hrn. wh,
Fnrlda early this week. His SON. Alfred Gil
man ;houSh, the total loss would b. near!,
iuil Of hides waiting shinment to New York
and the leather market being much highe
mined ar so o'' iisnoss y,' p'' the " i.rrs stock
The Ioss in this line would probably eX
cred 1000. The loss on ium her II
I'd S0o: on storaho"se M s ' and goods s55U: any
sS /. SaiO cords Of bark. SO 900 This With th,
sSsds Ae.' wi make Si tniai iScs OF over . sioo
SOO. 20 say nothing OF the damage to the w0ot
S0sinsss Tor I'm entire senson. Mr.. GimaT
thought that hut little. il anv. Insurance wal
swus t. % s ss sT Ta1, "ss sSS
sa.ooO. IN. Middle siili bridge ~ two " mile. '
north OF HARDWOOD is strnyed. The iron fo
sits. M and superin,ensisnt Heller thinks il c"i I
b. ~ by was mss SS5ns
Lane eombattrd the fire Tor over an hour. ear
YyjDV Wuter in n Derby hat and finally extn
suishs,i Il. Ano. her srids. i north @ of Har1 WOO,
Wna ,iestrnyeti -Four fiat ears al Gllmnn's tw,
loaded with lumber ready ior shirmant wsr
burned The rails for a distance OF esyern
hundred feet near GImup's we're warped ou
Of shape by tbs intens.. heut
NATIwAS. II. j.. Mn, 3.-Tha forest fire nea
here burned itself out after destroying 100
acres of valuable wood land Two barns and
housr are known to have been burned An
other large iirs broke out tnis afternoon in th
pines near Cats Neck 1t IN ruridly burnn
In the timber iand of Obrdlah Herb-rt q
Marlboro. The loss is variously estimate
from 425. 200 To &5N OUO.
WiLIIAMsPoRT. Pa, May 3-Along the Phila
Aslpbin ami Erie Raj road. from nrftwoO
west to Kane, heavy forest fires wers in pro
gress last night, Many calts ARE reported sur
rounded BY the flames and number Of fisher
men had great dl filcuty in getting out OF tn
burning iOrasts. A large tsrr tory in the west
ern part Of Lyenming county wns burned nve
but the iOss was not very heavy. In Tiog
cHnDty the fire was general Large quantitie
of timber we're destroyed along the line Of til
Tiaon Rniirnad. as we'll aH many houses. barnI
ahd ntner hui dngs Tho town Of Thorn psO
was wholly destroyed, involving a loss OF owe
SlOOOk,O The fire WAS Il rec about Morris an
Antrim. Consiirrnbr = rina timber was anon
the nroperty burned in dfysre nj parts of TjO0
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