The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
BLAZING FORESTS.
Timber Sections In the East and Also In
the Northwest Deyasted.

Timber SECTIONS In the East and Also In
the Northwest Devasted.
BRADFoRD. Pa, July l7.-Forest fires
are causing serious losses 10 lumber
men in this county Many destructive
fires are raging between Bradford and
Kinzua, in the hemloclx district trav-
ersed by the western New York and
Pennsylvania railroads. At Peclxs
switch, near Marshburg, pile
OF saw logs containing $780,
900 feet of timber was destroyed.
and force of men are at
work trying TO confine the flames TO
one locality The logs destroyed be-
longed 20 Weed, Munday & Co., OF this
city. and were partly insured. East of
Morrisons. 8 miles In Corydon town
ship, 1000, 600 feet OF hemlock logs
owned by the United Lumber & Coal
company, OF Oil City, and the Warren
Packard company, OF Warren, have
been destroyed. Fifty men are now
battling with the flames In an effort
TO save 1000 cords OF bark piled
in that vicinity. Families at the
lumber camps Whereabouts have moved
20 places OF safety, taking their
toms camp, Corydon township, the
people barely escaped from their
houses before the flames destroyed
all the property in the place.
EGG HARBoR CITY, n. j., July IT,
Forest fires that have been raging in
this section for several days past have
swept over an area of over 5000 acres.
Saturday night the condition of affairs
looked serious, and the residents for
several miles around were called out
10 meet the flames.
PIERRE, $. d.. July i7.-Prairie fires
are burning on the coded lands, the
tract burned over being 30 by 90 miles.
The Russian settlement on Yellow
Medicine creek was wiped out and sew.
eral settlers seriously burned. The
damage 90 the range will reach several
thousands OF dollars.
Bro RAPIDS, Mich, July 17.-Proba-
bly, a hundred men, women and chill
dren, inhabitants of ten.mile section
OF the southern part OF Isabella coun-
~, are homeless on account OF forest
fires. A lumber camp OF the Gale
Lumber company was destroyed with
small sawmills, many houses, crops,
bridges, fences, etc. have been burned
but there has been no loss OF life
DULUTH, Mimi, July 10. Wednesday
morning trains entering Duluth re-
ported fires all along the lines. Back
of ST. Louis New Duluth and Fond du
Lac the fires were unusually severe.
and all those villages are threatened,
though no destruction OF life or prop
erty was reported Along the south
shore OF the lake in Wisconsin the fires
could be seen rolling upgreat clouds OF
smoke. The damage there will be 10
standing pine, as there are only few
scattered settlers. The suburbs OF
Superior also were threatened. All
along the Mesaba range, from the
towns which were practically wiped
out a little more than year ago when
conditions were much as they are now.
fires are reported, and also along the
line OF the Duluth a Winnipeg.
New YORK, July 10. Every previous
fire in the history Of the southern part
OF the state Of New Jersey has been
outdone by the blaze which is at pres
ent sweeping through the vine belt
There seems but little hope of stopping
the flames as yet. Early Tues
day morning the flames reached
"A point near the little hamlet of
Greenbush. The village stood in little
clearing in the pine belt. and the
stacks of hay and the dry wooden
buildings proved even better food for
the elements than the woods around.
The villagers had been forced 20 fee
long before this, and are now en-
camped in a clearing some miles away.
In addition to the destruction Of this
village many residences and barns in
the course of the FIRE have been de-
stroyed.