The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-11
FOREST FIRES FURY.
It Sweeps Through Three Ter
ror-Stricken States.
TOWNS suRNED UP.


HEco are increasing EOxvlilo va oOs
tirely wiped out last night. eight houses
and the railroad buildings being de-
stroyed.
To the west of Coyne Falls, number Of
houses and a large amount Of valuable
timber was destroyed. Squire's SAwmill,
at Fremont, together with tho lumber,
shingles, etc, in the yards, fell prey to
the flames. At Ataia i've houses, SIX barns
and . lot Of pine and hardwood lumber,
shingles and logs were burned.
A dispatch from East Gordan, Mich.
said that Charlevoix county seems to be all
on fire; fifteen or twenty houses and .
many barns were destroyed last night, "a
the loss is very heavy. The smoke is intefse.
Fifteen houses and barns at Little Junction
are total loss. In Bitely seven houses
and q large amount of lumber were de-
stroyed. Some people lost Ill they had.
The fires are still raging.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 10.-The peo-
pie of Deer Lake were panic stricken on
Saturday by the near approach Of flames
from tho burning forests, and parties
in this city interested in numbering
sent special train with . fire engine to
assist them. Upon arriving this morning
they found the danger averted by a change
of wind, although the inhabitants Of
that village in the woods had
narrow escape. All the telegraph Offices
in the smaller towns being closed
it is impossible to get their reports of dam
age. but in this city copious rains have
been falling nearly all day, and it is to be
hoped that they reached the sufferers in
the north.
MAN1srxE, Mich, May 10.-There has
been no rain in this section since the snow
that the results from the forest fires will
be as DISASTROUS as in 1870. The city is
nearly surrounded by FIRE and the houses,
lumber and mills to the south have been
burned. Fires prevail ali along the line Of
the NJ. g. N. E. railroad, and serious losses
have been sustained by farmers and lum-
bermen.,
MARouErrE, Mich. May i0.-The rain of
Saturday practically extinguished all the
fires south of Portage lake on the upper
peninsula. In Houghton. county the firs
ran through large tracts of pine today,
burning out several logging camps. Sew
eral hundred cords of wood and part of
railway trestle near Osceola were de-
stroyed. All the fires in Houghton county
are reported out tonight.
BRADFoRD, Pa, May 10.-A special from
Kane, Pa, says: Since o'clock today q
destructive forest fire has been eating its
way through the Kane oil fields, destroy
ing the best part Of the northern
half Of the producing territory.
G. W. Schofeld's and Koesty's
property was entirely consumed.
Sthethe;mer & Co. lose sixteen oil rigs.
J. P. Coppeau's leased rigs, owned by
Preston and others, are in ashes. Another
big fire Is advancing on the Porter pump
station from the south and northwest.
Hundreds of men in different parts of tho
field are lighting the FIRE. The village Of
West Kane is threatened with obstruction.
PHILADELPHIA. May 10.-A special from
Keating Summit says one of the largest
forest fires known for many years is raging
south and west of Austin. The ERE has
been burning since yesterday noon. It is
estimated that 5000, 900 feet Of logs have
been destroyed, besides ten miles of train
railway.
CLEARFrELD, Pa, May 10.-A large por-
ton Of this county is being swept by forest
fires. The loss to lumbermen is heavy.
Hundreds of cords Of wood and fences
WcIc OcstIOycu. no Town OF CurWenS-
wills, with population of 1000, is threat
ened.
MILLvILLE, N. j., May 10.-Disastrous
forest fires are raging in Cape May county.
The fire has burned over three miles in one
direction and four miles in another. Pc
tersburg was completely surrounded by
flames yesterday.
New YoRk, May 10.-The stock of Fran
els H. LegAett g. Co., wholesale grocers,
who occupy nine-story building, was
damaged this afternoon by fire to tho
amount of 500, 900; insurance, $500. 600.
The loss on the building is $4,000.