Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-13
THE DISTRICT OF FOREST FIRE.
In Michigan It Is Many Times Larger Tha,
Rhode Island.

In Michigan It 10 Many Times Larger Than
Rhode Island.
Some idea Of the vastness Of the FIRE district
In Michigan can be gained from the fact that
almost any two of the dozen counties now
filled with fire are as large as the whole state of
Rhode Island. The Toledo, Ann Arbor and
Northern Michigan railroad has been obliged
to abandon all attempts to run cars north of
the Clare county line. A freight train and
crew had narrow escape from cremation. The
ties in many places were SO badly burned that
the rails spread when the train went over
When near Moore's siding one Of the cars in
the center Of the train was derailed and the
train crew we're obliged to abandon the rear of
the train after working until the cars began to
smoke. Before they reached Farwell there
was another derailment and all but three of
the train Of eighteen cars were left to their
tate. Three Of the trainmen we're badly bis
tered. The wind shifted and drove the fire to
Oceana counties. Cooks Station and Barton,
both in the line Of the fire, have not been heard
from and are supposed to be destroyed.
West Troy. few miles north Of Otia, has
been environed by fire since early Monday
morning and is supposed to be in ashes. Re-
ports from Cadillac. Wexford county, state
that the inhabitants Of all the villages in the
county have been out fighting fire for the past
three days and many of the smaller places are
wiped of the face of the earth. Where Niyarna
and Fremont, on the Flint and Pere Marquette
road. once stood there ia nothing now but piles
OF ashes. The village of Lake has not been
heard from since its last appeal for help. The
hre IL sweeping through the woods near Red
Cloud, Newaygo county, while mere than one
hundred miles away. across the state, the little
hamlet OF Taft is in @ gulf OF fame. Monitor.
In Wexford county, above Cadillac, is cut off
from communication with the outside world.
Inc latest news from Traverse City is to the eff
feet that the entire population is out fighting
hre Millions upon millions of logs are burn
ing all over the center of the state.
Some OF the people who lived in Walkerville
before the fire struck that town arrived at Lud-
ington Monday in deplorable state. They had
nothing to call their own but the clothes they
wore and are exhausted with hard work in try
ing to save their village. They say that it IL
impossible to tell how many of the inhabitants
escaped alive, but they fear that many died in
the woods, where they fed for safety. The
village had 800 inhabitants, and no one knows
where more than one-half this number is at
present The loss at this point will reach
2O,0O0. Vague rumors Of large loss of life
IN other points come in. but verifcation is in-
possible. This entire county will be swept un-
less rain comes.
DAMAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The damage done by the forest fires that
have been raging throughout northern Penn
sylvania has been something enormous and in
calculable. All along the Buffalo Run railroad,
through nearly every patch of timber, the fire
mas ragged, burning miles and miles of fence,
orchards, valuable standing and cut timber.
Disastrous forest fires have swept through
the mountain lands of Cumberland county
since last Monday and are still raging Fully
l0,0OO acres Of valuable timber lands have been
burned over.
Over 1000 acres of valuable timber lands are
affam0 a of mil of
ingdon, and in different parts Of the country
the woodland Is being swept away at an alarm
ing extent
Fire on the mountain south of williamsport,
which has been burning at intervals for over a
week, has done large amount of damage. The
North mountain in Columbia county has also
been burning for some time. The town Of
sllddlebury, near Wellsboro, was wiped out,
and the town Of Gaines was severely ecorched.
Mountain fires have been raging north and
west OF Harrisburg but there has been no
damage near that city. Railroad men report
disastrous fires near Tyrone and also within a
few miles of Duncannon
The fires that have been raging near Warren
since Saturday afternoon are about out. About
100 oil rigs have been destroyed as far as known
and many tanks Of oil and small buildings.
Wages at the rate of sl.25 per hour were freely
offered for men to fight the fire.
IN NEW JERSEY.
On Monday afternoon fire broke out in the
woods OF W. A. Van Syckel, three miles west Of
New Brunswick. N. j., and is still burning. A
large lot OF cordwood has been burned and
much young timber destroyed.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Forest fires are springing up in many parts
Of the province and great destruction is feared
unless heavy rains set in at once. Lumbermen
are anxiously awaiting rain to raise the streams,
where the greater part of last winters logs are
hung up for want of water to float them and
bring them down. Two dwelling houses and
several barns at Dover, ten miles from Moncton,
were burned by the forest fires