New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-17
TIE NEW-JERSEF FOREST FIRES.
ALMOST SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES BURNED
OVER AND TIE FLAMES STILL RAGING.

| ALMOST SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES BURNED
| OVER AND THE FLAMES STILL RAGING
Port Republic. " j.. July 1s--The forest fires b
| this section still far from being under con
| troll The flames today made as rapid progress q
| on any day since they started. almost week aga
All day long in the burning section the flames shot
high above the treetops and dense clouds OF blind.
| ing smoke rolled away with the strong wind which
blew from the Fast The fire promises now to Be
the most destructive in the history Of South Jer.
sey The same section has been burned over before.
but not so great an area time. The shifting
wind makes &c almost impossible TO fight back the
flames. When they stopped in enc direction
they break out In another. Nothing in the path
of the flames is saved except where the people have
time TO take their goods away
The village OF Bridgeport in Burlington County.
was In great danger to-day. The fire was making
straight for the village and had burned four
houses and a lumber mill belonging 10 Bartlett
Brothers. when sudden shift OF the wind sent 'ns
fire nend of at tangent 10 wreak RUIN IN sec
ton that was thought 70 be safe. Between o."
and 1000 acres Of timber land have now been
burned over The wreck in the burned district
complete. Little remains save the burned ana
blackened trunks OF the trees. The needles ana
cones which green few days ago nave oo
killed and dried they hung on the trees oy
fiery breath which precedes the flames once uiiee
they fall off and add to the already too pienutu
. IA
shape OF pines and needles OF other year. nS
small branches OF the living trees are heu 81"
dried OF sap and burn on the trunks A.. u.ooss
When the fire has passed point IN III, ,ha EARN
It leaves a glowing mass OF nre Oh - t hmrn and
several inches thick. This continues 70 ou.n ,ors s
shoulder for hours sometimes for day or I lOss
This is what completes the ruin ior AL atnP ba
the limbs OF the trees gone there "ouil W -,
chonna that the trunks would grow aga,n ou.
FOR this bed Of fire. This kills the roots anu , ss
the trees at the ground. The result Is the "ee'
never grow again .., ,ror, Fridge.
port II took in the little farm ana mouse r vs
widow named T.ottie Cramers. Everything "e"s
and the Mace Is in ashes tonight. ..a
on Saturday night the people Of Egg haroSr nss
ire vicinity we're called 10 fight back the ,,anss
from that place. The church bells In me vil,as e
were sounded as a warning. Several hundred s INV
turned out They turned the fire ASIDE Dy S Sss
Gring-foucht fire with fire-bIt they may nav.
~ ~ a6 ther work all over again within few hours
when tho fire turned to-day II started IN the a s,
ton Of Muca River. Absecon and Egg harov a:
a heavy rain is about all that can save tne Ia, 10
from, the fire from running far into the hunuress
OF thousands conservative estimate on me hrnsd
on huiIdints and personal property in the p urnse
Oh nxes IL AT $4,000 but this is trihing along
side the loss on timber Telegraphic COMMUNE ns@s
lion with some OF the villages is cut on ana ne"'
is hard to obtain