West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-09
FOREST FIRES.
"hhchs'en, rs., saved witS the ,sn~..
81 'bimc"t's---ssmc Live. Lo.t, sna .
Large A"'oani cf Property Destroy.
eel io various Localities.

EAsroN, PA, May 2.-The mountai, fire.,
are assuming dangerous proportions. and
hundreds OF people are out hrhtine the
hahtes ON the north side OF the Blue Noun.
tains, near Wind Gap, and on the
focono Mountains. The flames are
making great hcadwav. This afternoon
fire broke CIT IN the woods near Penn
A. gyI, and Is still burning. though all the
! quarry men are out fighting IL and have been
| so Tor the past three hours. The woods
| are very dry and the leaves layinp thick
/ IN the low stubble give the flames abundant
| material 10 feed on. This fire is within a
| quarter OF mile OF Penn Argyll and is
burning toward the town. There Is no
! serious danger OF the place catching how.
| ever, uhless the wind increases i'm violence
aud carries the sparks TO the houses The
\ smoke i'm all this section is terrible and
! people can hardly breathe. They 20 about
win hankerchiefS over their faces. Sue
| dense smoke has never before been known
! mere. IL comes from the Pocouo Mountains
shd from Penn Argyll, as well as from the
s nres around WhithaNen. Lights are
scarcely visible half a block or The Po.
como Mountains are on fire i'm many places
ana the hames are raging iercely especial.
~ on top OF the ranges. The track of
,ne delaware, Lackawana and Western Rail.
way Is surrounded for distance of four
or hve miles, and the passengers experi.
ence the greatest Inconvenience The
smoke penetrnteS everywhere. The en-.
trains
ON SLOW time. Much valuable timber is be.
ing destroyed. Reports from Whitehayen
say that five houses were burned there 10.
day The occupants saved most of their
tutctS. Other reports as 20 loss OF life are
uncontrmcd
NEW HoRK, May Forest fires I'm the
country round about nil the atmosphere
here with smoke. Middletown, n. Y, re.
ports the mountains west and north, the
bhawangunks and Catslills, on fire. No
damage Is reported yet, but the danger TO
Isolated tarm-houses aud farms is great.
LIQUIDS OF smoke and ashes fiji the mir Fires
are ranging on the Storm king Mouu.
taln' near Cornwall, aud i'm the highlands
west OF HaVerStraw. The air of Newb burgh
- hiled with smoke and ashes and burned
ieaNes are honting about. Much damage
W w in,tanulng timber Is apprehended. a
Wilkesbarre (Pa.) dispatch saws forest
nIeS nave been raging iicrcely therenbouts
iatelS. lhe nrst serious damage was report
eu thls afternoon. Whitehaven and neigh
boring nils caught fire, and for a time the
town was i'm great danger owing Ia a
sIong wind. The Fire Department of
w Nilkesharre, with the whole population
oi the place, subdued the fire. At Califor.
MA, numbering town near Whitehaven a
herce fire started, and eleven houses, occu.
pied by men in numbering, were burned.
Two bridges on the Bear Creek branch of
the Lehigh Valley road were destroyed;
also the stables of Albert Lewis a. Co
lumber contractors. Eleven horses also
perlshed in this fire, and n large quantity
OF valuable timber was DESTROYED. Tho
total loss ~ estimated at 900. The fire
- now under control. Washington N 4
teleSerphs that an extensive confapra.
ton ~ raging in the Blue Mountains.
twenty-five miles from thnra'
PoRr JERvIs, n. ", May 3.-The it'll
hamlet of Gilman's Depot was entirely dc.
stroyed 10y fire yesterday. Forests all
through the vicinity have been burning for
several days with great fury. Residents
lost everything. Four cars OF lumber
standing on the switch, 800 cords Of bark,
2O,OOO,OO0 feet of lumber. one sa,v.p,ili
and and four minor buildings were
burned, Andrew Campbell and
John Murren were seriously burned. The
total loss viii amount 10 between $50. 900
and f2DO,OOO. There was no Insurance Two
railroad bridges were burned. a third was
s1Neu by employees Of the railroad stand
ing IN the brook and dipping water with
Jhelr mats TO extinguish the flames Tho
rails are burned out half n mile md t5O
men are thrown out of employment. The
hre is still burning in the forests all around
here and Port Jervis.
MOUNT CARMEL, PENN, Nav 3-Tbe
severe wiud-storm and fierce forest dres
that visited northumberland County yes.
terday partially ceased about midni0bt
lo'hay the mountains for many miles are
buiullS and smoking terribly, Farm
fences, cord-wOOd, railroad sills and other
valuable property is destroyed. The loss
VIII foot up thousands Of dollars Yester-
uhN the forest fires were the most
damaging seen here within half n cen.
tury
ALTOONA, PENN, May 3.-The town of
Brisbin, Clearfield County, was totally
consumed by fire yesterday afternoon. also
u" large lumberyards and mill Of Hoover.
hughes q Co. Loss estimated at S1JOOO0
70 S2pO0OJ; fully insured.
Mo-. T,....a-..
eAt hres Is believed to DE over. Four farm
houses were destroyed. A man named
WeSthoffer is supposed 10 have nerisbcd
with his house. Forty.hve 30 ffty SQUARE
miles In timber land was burned. The dam
age nm the burned district is estimated 10
be Sll2,OO0.
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