The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-30
FIRES STILL RAGING.
Many Bridges and Barns Burned
in Whatcom County.
a SINGLE MILL DESTROYED.
Plank Road Bsraea Up .nd Fsrests on
Fire Ersrn Vancouver Isisnd to
wntapa Harbor.

The forest ares continue 10 rage in
sxagis, Whatcora. suohomgsh and King
counties. also ia Vancouver lsIaad and IN
the olympia mountains. and have done
considerable damage 70 roads. farms and
shingle milfs- The srnoke yesterday in
this city wss not qaife 50 denss as the
day before bat n the Straits and lower
sound steamboat men claim that il was
more annoying than ever. In the viein-
ity Of olympia o.a-simers say tnas
i - the dcnsest ever kaown- Steam
ers as vel as trains continue 10 ran
under slow orders and there seems - be no
hnmsn agency powerful enough 20 abass
the nuissnee. A few hoaEs' steady rain
would effectually clear the atmosphere.
however, and = man with = rain-making
maehiBs would have no difficulty 81 this
time In clearing = snug fortune.
Fires continue 10 burn along the lines OF
the Great Northern and Laks Shore rail-
roads, bat the loss so far has been nominal
Some trouble has been reported from burn
ing trees falsing across telegraph lines.
but al the wires last evening EeFe work
ing we'll The most serious incident OF
the FIRE occurred to the Great Northern
passenger train due in seattle at ii o'clock
Tuesday night. but which did not arrive
until yesterday morning. A burning tree
had fallen across the track thlr:y-hye
niles east or Everett and the train was
almost upon IL before il vas discovered.
The front trucks OF the engine were de-
rallied and the cowcatcher was badly
smashed. The passengers received shak-
Ing up. bat no one was injured.
Word reached this city last evening that
the Enterprise shinFle mill at Enterprise,
ten miles south Of Blaine, had burned. Ii
was a small mill, having a capacity Of bat
5000 shingles per day. The report that
tie trees on the bluffs along the Sound
shore Inc Of the Great Northern road we're
on tire Is somewhat exaggerated. The
trees are burning in some places. bat the
whole forests in this district are not on
IRE by any means
The following dispatch from Whateom
shows that the fires near that place are not
as threatening as they were;
WHATcoN. Aug. 2a-ISpeeial. THE
wind lied out last night. aud danger is
probably over. All watchers on the out
skirts have been Withdrawn, and sufficient
baektiring has been done 10 probably pro-
tect the city from danger. even should the
wind revive. The only loss in the city Of any
importance is that OF the EldrIdge man
sion. A few shacks of a deserted logging
camp back OF the Columbia school were
burned. but they we're OF little value. A
raneher who came in over the guide meri
dian road reports twelve bridges and cuI-
yerts destroyed within three miles Of the
city, and Of the whole road about
mile of planking burned. One thousand
feet of planking OF the Northeast d.
sgonai road in the city limits is destroyed.
The Blue Canyon Coal Company kept a
al a at m
but suffered no loss. The plank road from
the Eureka addition 10 Silver Beach is
nearly all burned. ]. A. Cooks house ut
Silver Beach was valued at 81 800 insur-
anee 800 The schoolhouse cost $500
aud was insured. The outhouses OF the
Mount Baker Shingle Company's mill at
Lawrence we're destroyed. but the mill
itself was saved. The BelIingham Bay &
British Columbia railway kept iocomo-
tive and tank car along the line all day
and most of the night fighting FIRE. The
marshal had twenty-five extra policemen
on duty last night. including two mounted
pAtrotmsn, and several suspicious char
seters were arrested. The street ears are
not running today, because OF slight dam
ages to the track.
The Mount Baker Shingls Company. at
Lawrence. suffered a loss OF about 500 By
the burning Of its cook house. while Com
missioner Mcdonald lost house aud
barn, loss 1884, Charles Anderson, an
old soldier, lost everything he had. in
Guiding stock, house and papers. The
Indians I'm the immediate vicinity have
lost everything and were at the shingle
mill today begging for food and clothing.
L. c. Harness, Gus Hind and Charles John
son lost all their household utensils and
clothing.
From South BEND comes the news that
the standing timber. valuable for CON-
mercial purposes. has not been damaged.
A dispatch says:
SoUrH PKsp, Aug. 29-lSpeclaL -
Forest tres arc raging iierceiy ali around
South Bend. Thus far the ire has not
entered the standing green timber much.
hut has been confined 10 settlers slash
ings aud TO old burnt districts. In several
instances slashing ores have got beyond
centred aai destroyed crops aud harms
A RlYersiae rancheT, J. A. Johnson, lost
his barn by such a IRE while he was absent
IA South Bend being married.
OLYMPIA. Aug. 29--Not for many years
has the atmosphere about this city been
50 dense with smoke The result Of forest
Tres. Aany old settlers think Is the thick
est ever experienced here. aud for once
rain is Being sincerely wished Tor.
TACOMA Aug. - Especial $3.50 Henry
/ Hewitt. ir.. OF the Sc. Paul and Tacoma
Lumber COMPANY, saws II has cost his
company $50 per day Tor the pass ten days
TO light forest hires aud keep their camps
/ from burning az. lie agrees with many
others that some stringent regaiat oas
should ST once be made 20 apprehena
wanton forest tire bugs.
PoSr TowNsKxp, aug. - Especial. l--
The smoke enveloping the lover Sound
aud Straits today WIS more intense aud
stilling than has been known since ISIS.
Vessels could not be distinguished a dis
lance of 80 yards. All steamers plying
aown Sound ran under a slow bell aid
took double preeanslon 10 prevent accl-
dents.
Reports from Vancouver island say
thar the forest fires are destroying much
valuable timber aRd are steadily creeping
down oa fhe settlements Fires along
Hood canal and between Port D scove-v
aud Pert Angeles have destroyed TIE tee.
graph lines and ssoppe4 communication.