New-York tribune., 1891-05-03
NEW-JE6SEY FOREST FIRES.
PARTLY EXHAUSTED FOR WANT OF TIMBER TO
FEED UrON--ANoThER TRYING NIGHT
To ESnANGERFD VILLAGES.


PARTLY EXHAUSTED FOR WANT OF TIMBER TO
FEED UroN-ANoTHER TRYING NIGHT
TO ENDANGERED VILLAGES.
Nays Landing N. j., May 2.-For the last ave days
This town has been surrounded by forest fires and they
are stil burning fercely in several dnercno psv.'
The town has been full Of smoke snd the air is hiieu
with the odor of burning mes The fires were never
known to be so destructive. owing TO the oryness
OF the trees and underbrush, the nre-heheers oouu
nothing TO check It's progress. Tho IRE tnst sai
Saturday evening last between Elwood ana hss ,A -
City is stin burning Yesterday the WIN 80 ~s
and the nre took different course, passing 'n1oue
large belt Of valuable hoop-pole and oos' H'oe -
Is str Burning in that direction. 1t burned oaoN
c., uorsor Cs,v,, r,rt There e little hope OF saw
,rc 4, The large steam saw.ndn Of Peter ueeoos
ssuebt fire and was burned to the srouho' """e ~
slI kinds perish In the flames. There "eso -
sraNes burned IN the woods. The loss oy the nro " VIZ
vicinity alone is estimated at soo'ooo' T a,,.
YESTERDAY another fire broke out In the iDnso 90
and valuable timber land between 'ns pro-. 80
sson,ona Az the wind was blowing sun o 49,.
~, -. ..nad IN leap from twenty-five 70 MI!
g., % a sinpI. bound The section men on inc "o'
- pa,,road were sent 10 the scene anu "a,
deavored 10 check III progress but 10 no and
Hundreds OF cords Of wood when hau "o0n - -,
n,,ed ready to ship 10 market have oeeh 80. no
s,om this second fire the loss at this u"e O ,
accurately estimated, but 1t is believed 70 os -,
,Ser $4,000. The FIRE burned steadliy au aa I.sa'
ou - ,na., control this morning, although crowns
=. naonle have been lighting it all night Inc Poop0
r. nravns for rain II is feared that th's hio ",
Az much more damage before II IS put QUO S,n,
t4,mers, dwellings are In its PAIN l"o
trees can only be used for charcoal ,, % the
AT oceanviIe the flames swept the tl"rn .s echt
Rrteanttne Railroad The railroad men hop :. ,Tas
A., Are On the trip out yesterday aftrhoon ~ :.
tha ear windows OOnuuSVVi -'AN'
- "a engineer WharteDbee were scorcheu aV o''
go, ~ iSuty 30 that il necessary 10 shaw V.
w. v.s Among the heroes here was Georso
x.,ber who walked twenty three miles irO, % ,,,.h
,on arriving Just as the fire reached ooeanNine -
shovel he fought the fire till late ias' nisne' 80
he An exhausted the greac nio o va syrant down
oco which started al Swamp siding ana s"ep' ~"
- port republic burning buildings ana V$Auaois .
- ,ra. exceeded by this fire, wmch mas o"'"
a, least onethird Of Galloway Township. ant,
"' p,aasaDtville n J May 2The forest fires In .ls
s,,chbo,hood were under control last ngh'' a. n@o
not vet broken out atTesh icy imyrobensiye that the
hree9e which began THIS morning may iD done BY
into flames. 1t Is estimated 6aa' covnties co1 will be at
last 2sSt was ,s r. aps0n' Pyns no; little
Il was almost entirely srTounGed Wisn nnn,s saT them
which we're are yssedsyc Cycle Of Are. and fed nom
ssee homes in alarm They hastily tSsT o the open
ssSs G% Then sf ey stood svang the as de
SdVance Of the danes Just a as snsdtHiy shifted from
st1ctCn s"Ssh, @ driving the fire bach Tns fre Sd
sSont burned Itself out in this neshoorho0u' a'1
dapsss sssnc y ty n j. May 9The fires fir ,anser are s1 to
burning in the T9st s sr sesa sas nSe sbeut surned out
osns remns but black desert sTdd OF homes The
Ind the n and ashes s q OTrsgS narrow Escape BY
se 'fs SsSe fnd ea3s the nhpS1ata % sths vile
themselves from being swe2i se a~ ssSoolhouse had
aaTro% naqroSF feature Of so fri fails II 'ss oS
,h, iace IO rsnnc nearly all Of the houses ana OuE
udnss we're Ss,ysS mined oeGPss' ne da3seF
IsrDg{ M III ,v. wet either II all depends upon the wnd