Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-05-12

the sAllsn aud Manion braaeh near
Harrison, Pringle's nill aad lumber
yard. eE the Maloney branch southwest
Of Farwen, and the Pint and Pere Mar
auette read eng-ae house II Reed City
ell burned Sunday. The latest adviees
from Clare Lake, Evart. Rcscommon,
Frederick. West Branch. Giatvtn, Far
well, Custer. Asaistse and Crawling
show that fires are raging fereeiy IN
as vicinity OF those places - =
( WISCONSIN, rIBxs oaEczED BY RAIS. !.
Z MnvAUKEE. May ll-Reports from
northern Wisconsin are that heavy
rains have, checked the forest fires in
many localities The principal damage
has been 70 standing timber.
y WHsr SUPEnIoR. Via, May i1.-For-
est fres have been raging for several
days Mths country to the southwest of
this city and an immenss amount of
Pine has been destroyed The ere
reached tho suburbs of this city
Friday night and destroyed some
property Of ANAL value. A.
9oxkh Superior New ST. Louis was
thought TO Do doomed, but = big
new hotel and the few stores in the
place were saved by the people digging
trenches and stopping the progress Of
thousand cords of wood and two houses
werc burned, entailing loss Of sla. 600.
Ms~PERisnfD IN PRAIRIE FIRE. -
n Jo4xsrowy, Neh. May 1.-THE wife
q Amos Everett. Q prominent ranch
nan living % miles south Of here, lost
her life In Q prairie dre several
days go. ana her body burned
u . crisp was found Saturday.
She was driving homo frOm .
peiGhbor's when overtaken by the
AsmeA Her buggy was found near her
body, but - the horse was missing IL Is
supposed the animal became frightened
by tho fire and ran away, throwing
Mira Everett from the buggy.
Fatal FIRE IN IOWA.
ENxErssuRa. Ia, May 1l.-A fire was
started on the prairie near Ruthven
Friday which ran on to the premises Of
Mr.. Ennis. burning his barn with ten
head of horses While endeavoring to
ave tho horses . 2o-year-old son was
caught In the flames and burned to
death.
FOREST FIRES IN rHD EAsn
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May IA special
from Oil City, Pa, says: A message
just received from Superintendent
Strong, Of the Oil City Fuel Company.
from Pine Grove township says thus
far thirteen oil wells have been
burned. four gas wells Of the
fuel supply company and nine oil
wells of tho North Pennsylvania
Oil Company. The fire is still burning.
Minor forest fires, for some Of which
arrests are expected Of fishermen and
boys, are reported from various points
In this section. The fuel company is in
receipt of messages from Elk and Clear
field counties announcing serious for
est fires, which are spreading.
KEATISs SUMMIT, Pa. May 11.-One
Of the largest forest fires known for
many years is raging south and west
of Austin, on the land of F. B. and C.
w. Goodyear. The fro has been barn
ing since Saturday noon. It is esti-
mated that 30. 600, 900 feet Of logs and
10000 cords Of bark have rksen de-
stroyed, besides ten miles of trAp rail-
road
MnLvrLLE, N. j. May IA disas-
trous forest FIRE is raging IN Cape May
county. 1t broke out Saturday be-
tween Mount Pleasant and Petersburg.
The fire has burned over 8 miles in
one direction and 4 miles in another.
The village of Petersburg Is completely
surrounded sy the dames
CLEAEFrELD, Pa, May ia large
portion of this county is being swept by
forest fires. Hundreds of cords Of bark,
fences, etc, have also been destroyed.
This place is filed with smoke so
binding and heavy that the people can
scarcely breathe. Tho town of Cur
wensville, with 5000 population, is
threatened, and 500 men here are in
readiness to go to their relief.