Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-16
FOREST FIRES.
The mountains OF New York, Pennsyi anna
and New Jersey . Blaxe OF Fire-Loss Of
Life and Property.

The mountains of New York. Pennsyi sns.
and New Jersey . Blaxe OF Ftre-Loss OF
Life and Property.
New YORK. May 3.-Forest fires In the
country round about fill the atmosphere
here with smoke. Middletown, N. Y, re-
ports the mountains west and north Of the
Shawargunts and Catskills on fire. A
strong wind was blowing. 1t was impossi-
BILE 10 see only short distance. No dam
age reported yet, but the danger to Isolated
farm houses and farms was great. Clouds
of smoke and ashes filed the air. Fires
were raging ON Storm King Mountain, near
Cornwall, and in the highlands west or
Harers,tav. The air at Newbnrgh was
filled with smoke and ashes of burned
leaves floating about. Much damage 70
standing timber was apprehended.
A WilkeSbarre, Pa, special says forest
| fires have been raging fiexcely Whereabouts
lately. The first serious damage was re-
ported yesterday afternoon. Whitehayen
and the neighboring hills caught fiye ana 1or
| O time the town was in great danger owing
| to a strong wind. The fire department. OF
Wilkesbarre, with the whole population OK
the place, subdued the fire.
| At California, a numbering town near
WhitehaYen, q fierce fire started and eleven
houses occrpied by lumbermen were con-
snmed. Two ,ridges on the Beaver Creek
branch of the Leh;gh Valley road were de-
| stroyed: also the stables OF Albert Lewis %
| Co., lumber contractors. eleven hofses aisV
| persisted in the flames. iTge quaAtity Oh
| valuable timber was destroyeSs IRe .o'ai
loss is'estimated at $4,000. The Sre Is now
under control
| WASHINGTON. n. j., May 3.-An extern
sive confiagration is raging in the BNue
| Mountains twenty-five miles from mere
| The wind csrrieS the smoke in dense clouds
| over this part of Warren County. AT i've
O'Clock yesterday afternoon it became COM
| pletely dark and smoky pail, almost suffo-
eating, rests over this town. The inhabi-
tants are alarmed, and the Mayor has re-
quested number of the members Of the fire
department to remain on duty. A large
tract of valuable woodland is burning about
three miles from Mattawany, threatening
numbeF of residences. Farmers are fighting
the flames.
Near Ashland, Pa, extensive fires are
raging, and the Ashland fire department has
been ordered In readiness for service. At
the State Miners Hospital workmen are
now fighting the flames :ear the building.
The loss to timber tracts will be large.
A heavy wind storm visited Northumber-
land County, Pa, yesterday and famed to in<
creased fury the forest fires. The works of
Charles Woods and 5000 cords Of charcoal
were destroyed. The fires also ignited
Culmbank at Mine Hill Gap. The Colliery
mine is In danger, and 800 men are thrown
out of employment. The towns are be-
logged by smoke from the burning noun
tainS.
Emporium, Pa. sends word of forest fires
raging all through that section. The season
is unusually dry and the wind is blowing a
perfect gale from tine west, sweeping the
fire through the forest with great velocity
and destroying large amount of property.
At Sterling Kun, nine miles from EmpO-
rum, several buildings belonging to the
tannery company burned yesterday, and a
large mill was also destroyed. The village
was only saved by aid from Renova. Two
families are reported lost, and it is feared
the loss of life will be great. At Swiss
mont fifteen miles west of here, Two mills
with large amount of lumber were de-
stroyed.
SCRANTON, PA, May 3.--The barrel mill,
press house and canning mill of the Moosic'
Powder Company, Coi. H. NJ. Boise, Presi-
dent blew up. and the soda grinding and
pulveriziDg mills were fired aud burned yes
terlay. The mills were ignited from the
forest fires. Several days ago one of the en-
ployes was burned To crisp in the wash
house. Several hundred cords of powder
wood are now burning and it is expected
that the glazing mills will 20. The iron
magazine containing several tons of pow
der is so far safe. No one dares to travel the
road to Archibald for fear that the rest of
the mills will blow up. The loss thus Tar Is
| $50, 600.