The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-13
FORESTS STILL AFLAME.
AN AREA AS LARGE AS RHODE
ISLAND BURNED OVER.

Several Towns in a Gulf of Fire an d
Probably Wiped of the Face of the
Earth.
DETROIT, Mich, May l2.-The hoped Tor
security from the recent rain did not
materialize for the panic-stricken inhab-
itants Of the burned district in this state
Some idea of the vastness Of the fire district
can be gained from the fact that almost any
two OF a dozen counties now filled with fire
are as large as the whole state of Rhode
Island. The Toledo, Anu Arbor and
Northern Michigan railroad has been
obliged to abandon all attempts to run cars
north of the Clare county line.
A TRAINS NARROW ESCAPE.
A freight train and It's crew had a narrow
escape from cremation yesterday. 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 were obliged to abandon the
rear part of the train, after WORKING until
the cars began TO smoke. Before they
reached Farwell there was another derail~
ment, and all but three of the train of
eighteen cars were left TO their fate. Three
Il.
wins shifted ana drove the fire to tho south
west and into Newago, Mecosta and Oceana
counties.
TWO TOWNS NOT HEARD FROM.
Cooks Station and Barton both in the
line Of the fire, have not been heard from.
and are supposed to be destroyed. West
Troy, a few miles northwest OF Otia, has
been environed by fire since early yesterday
morning, and is supposed to be in ashes.
Reports from Cadillac, Wexford county,
state that the inhabitants of all the villages
in the county have been out fighting the
fire for the past three days, and many Of the
smaller places are wiped or the face of the
earth.
Where Nivarona and Fremont, on the
Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad, once
stood, there is nothing now but piles OF
ashes.
NO WORD FROM LAKE.
The village of Lake has not been heard
from since its last appeal for help.
The fire is sweeping through the woods
near Red Cloud, Newwaygo county, while
more than 100 miles away, across the state,
the little hamlet OF Taft is in a gulf of
flame
Monitor, in Wexford county, above Ca
dilac, is cut Off from communication with
the outside world.
The latest news from Traverse City Is to
the effect that the entire population is out
fighting the fire. Millions upon millions OF
logs are burning all over the center
of the state.
HEAVY LOSSES TO OIL MEN.
WARREN, Pa, May 12.-The forest fires
in this section have caused heavy loss to
oil men. The fire started Saturday after
noon and a strong wind blowing encouraged
it yesterday and to-day, when great damage
Wyaa 1ona II uaa 6arCalu fOuObf aud
finally extinguished. The loss to the tanks,
oil rigs and to oil property alone is estimated
at fully S150,0
BLAZING ALONG THE $500"
PEMBINA, WIS, May 12-Forest fires
have broken out along the line Of the $500
road between this place and Hermansville,
and are burning with a vigor that bodies no
good to the cedar interests unless rain de-
scends very soon. just across the Wiscon-
sin line from the station of Menom-
inee, on the $500" line, q fire can be
seen from the railroad which burns as far
north as the eye can reach, and from the
immense volume of smoke which arises it is
plain to see that the fire runs back long
distance north from the railroad. There
has been no rain OF consequence in this
locality for two weeks or more, and every
thing is as dry as tinder
OVER 4, 600 ACRES AFLAME.
HUNTINGDON. PA, May 12.-Over 1000
acres Of valuable timber lands are aflame
within radius Of seven miles Of this place,
and in distant parts of the country the
woodland is being swept away to an alarm
ing extent. The mountain fires are beyond
all human control and can only be ex.
tinguished by q rainfall. The farmers in
the burning district have sustained ire
parable losses to fencing, and hundreds of
acres Of growing grain have been ruined.
The fires originated from either railroads or
wandering bands Of gypsies.
ENORMOUS DAMAGE.
BELLEFoNTE, Pa, May 12.-The damage
done by the forest fires that have been
raging throughout the county has been
something enormous. All along the Buffalo
Run railroad, through hearty every patch
CT timber, fires have ragged, burning miles
and miles of fence orchards valuable stand
ing and cut timber. A number OF logging
camps have been entirely destroyed. FIRES
are still continuing to rage with uuabated
fury in many places not yet burnsd over, IL
be ng a hopeless task to fight them. The
loss will run into hundreds of thousands Of
dollars.
sURGING SEA OF FIRE.
WHITE CLOUD, MICH, May 2-The five
upper townships in this county have been a
surging sea of fire ever since Sunday, and
it Is believed that not a single one Of the
small hamlets Is left. Fields station, with
its four saw-mills aud general store, is no
more and 300 people who lived there Sun
day are to-day without home or roof to
cover their heads
Otia, or Dingman, as it is known to the
postal authorities, Is but collection Of
smoking ruins, with 200 people, who called
the place home, standing around in de-
spair.
Park City, in Lincoln township, went out
IN fire and smoke yesterday morning.
Nothing is left Of the cluster OF small houses
that marked the place.
Milly station is hardly worth the name
of station, as only a small hotel and a
smaller railroad station are left TO mark
the town site. Freight cars without num-
Der and logging trains melted away into
ashes on tho tracks where they stood await
ing their loads Of lumber.
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