New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-18
DRIVEN TROM THEIR HOMES.

,xu,ufrANrs or GREEN msII y +. ABANDON
THEIR HOUSES TO THE FOREST FIRE.
Egg Iiarb,r Clty. y. J.. July l7-Every previous
Are I'm the history % the southern part OF the state
~ N.w-Jersey haa been outlone by tho blaze which
* AZ present sweeping through the pine belt There
seems little hope OF stopping the flames ~ yet To-
dav a whole village wiped out by the part Of
the fire which for two days has been sweeping tow
ard Br.dgcpori. That place WAS not touched as
IN. wind shifted last night and turned the hames
70 side.
When the FIRE turned At angie AMI attacked
even Ienscr wood than It had yet passed. through
in ia weeks course It seemed to gather new
energy In the early hours ~ the morning 1t
reached n point close 20 the little hamlet OF Green
Bush Scouts sent out TO gather information re-
turned with a report which startled the village al
though II had been expected for hours that the VihS
was doomed During the night cattle ana i've
stock had been driven away to place or safety
some miles to the south. When 1t was seen th"t
there was no hope OF saving the village the in
habltan,s made preparations t" move. Household
effects were hastily loaded on wagons ana carts ana
hurried away There were enough wagons TO
take all a; once. the first furniture was uno'ueu
IN a large clearing some miles away out OF the me
Of the fires advance. The carts were then hurrleu
back for the remainder BY the time the last pieces
being taken from the houses the burning
embcrs were raining down on the houses
The men arranged shelter for their women ana
children rs best they could. 1t was warm. fortu-
a,ciy and there was discomfort from the co'd.
when daylight came the homeless ones sought ala
and shelter from the farmers VINO had been tortu-
nate enough escape the path OF the names
They were all housed by this evening.
The principal losers at Green Bush are Sanuei
Johnson Mrs Carlow. william Irons, Elwood
Cramer William Micks John Bartlett. watson
Uartlett Joseph Bartlett and number OF others
VINO owned small tracts. Bartlett Brothers are tnt
heaviest losers They owned the mill ana lufnper
ward about which the village grew up Ihey also
own an immense tract OF the land burned over yes
terday and to-day. &c..
Iass River narrowly escaped the fate OF Green
Bush. after the cry Tor 3uccor came
there were 100 men between the front OF the names
and Bass River. Back firing was the only means
a. their command with which 10 save the niue VII
lage II was successful. nj within TWO hours AFTER
they had started work the flames kinded by them
ing mass which threatened the place The cinders
and sparks fell in showers on the houses las men
worked In relays kctp the roofs iainpcn''i, ana
I'm this way they saved all the houses ana Dhrhs'
and lost only a coupe OF stacks OF hay.
The wind - now blowing from the s9 hnh arc,
burned over in n small way some years ago. Now
they are travelling through section never before
touched By flames far as any enc HvlnS mere
remembers Thr pine needles are twenty inches
thick In places and the IRE could have no better
fuel The losses will foot up into the hundreis OF
thousands OF dollars Tho changed direction or the
wind IL carrying the flames back toward Naretowh,
a village which has been threo tened by the names
four Ave times since Sunday.