The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-16
FIRES FAMED BY A GALE.
The Town Of Gold Hill, COL, in the
Path Of the Rushing Flames.


The Women and Children Abandon the
Town and Seek Safety at Boulder.
The Male Residents Moving Every
thing Possible Into the Mining Tun-
nels-A Big Sand Storm Springs UP
During the Hight of the Fire-Several
Lives Lost in the Blazing Forests in
Arkansas.
Boulder, Col, Nov. IA forest fire
which was started from a camp fire last
evening, has been raging all night, and to-
day also, north of the mining camp of
Gold Hill. a town of 500 inhabitants. ff-
teen miles from here. The timber is as
dry as powder, and fierce wind carried
it over five miles of dense timber in
short time. Fifty people came into Boul-
der this afternoon in wagons from Gold
Hiu mostly women and children. They
report that the business men and miners
were carrying what goods and property
they could into the mining tunnels, and
have abandoned hope of saving their
stores and dwellings.
a courier arrived at Boulder at 1:3O
buildings at Camp Talcott, a short dis
tance from Gold Hill, were burned, ex-
cept the stamp mill, and that the fire had
reached the western portion of Gold
Hill, burning the mill of the Prussian
mine
Several ranch houses were burned this
morning, two men named Eihler and
Seaman being badly burned
At o'clock this afternoon the fire was
spreading toward the town of Copper
Rock. The gravity of the case is fully ap-
preciated here in Boulder. and the ut
most excitement prevails It is believed
many small camps will be burned The
residents of Gold Hill who have not come
to Boulder have assembled on the top
of Horsefel mountain and are watching
the progress of the flames as they con-
sumo their former homes. The wind is
blowing furiously and drives the fire be-
fore it in large sheets of flame.
The property loss will amount over ST.
100000. There will necessarily be great
destitution. Among the business houses
at Gold Hill are the following: Frank
Body, general merchandise and post Of
fee DR.. Trovillian, drug store; Johnson,
& Hawkins, general merchandise store;
James CorveIl, boots and shoes; Mrs. j.
Murphy, hotel.
Denver, Colo, Nov. 15-At 8 o'clock a
fierce wind and dust storm struck this
city from the north, filling the air so that
it was impossible to see across the street
for long time. Many plate glass windows
nd rfNt--
ature fell 20 degrees in thirty minutes.
Before the storm broke dense clouds of
smoke could be plainly seen rolling up
the mountains around Gold Hill, forty
miles distant. At p. m. a wet snow be-
gan falling, but it is probably too late to
save Gold Hill from destruction.
Perry, Ok, Nov. 15.-Oklahoma, and
more especially the Cherokee strip, has
been visited by fierce sand storm for
week, and to-day the sand is binding
The city authorities have ordered the fires
in the business section extinguished. Part
of the time to-day one could not see fifty
feet.
Memphis, Tenn, Nov 4,-Reports from
the forest fire districts in this vicinity
show that, while the loss to property is
not great considering the extent of ter
Titory covered, the loss of life exceeds ap-
prehensions Within fifteen miles of
Memphis three lives have been lost by
fire in the past two days, and there are
rumors of fearful burning in Arkansas,
where five lives were lost. The remains
OF five human beings were found with the
flesh and clothing all burned off in ST.
Francis bottom, all within a quarter of a
mile of each other. There are fears that
they are the remains of a party of hun
ters from Texas, wh) went into that
country last week, but there is nothing to
support this except the number of bodies.
The fatalities in this county are pc
culiarly distressing. Fanny Woods, an
aged negress, had her dress ignited as
she fed from her burning house, and
she ran, surrounded by flames, until she
fell dead.
Pitt Roy, a 9-year-old boy, ran into his
iather's house, which was a-fire, to save
some property. The house collapsed and
ne was burned to death before many
spectators. The name of the third vic
TIN is not ascertainable yet.
oakland, Tenn, Nov. 15,-While JEFF
Raynor and his wife, who live near Oak
anu were picking cotton this afternoon,
lhelr home caught fire from the burning
grass and burned to the ground in a few
minutes. In the flames pershed their
three children, aged s. 5 and years. The
IRE had progressed so far when the par
ents reached home that they could not
enter, but they could see that the floor
mad burned through and the body of the
eldest child had fallen to the ground be-
low.
Prices of 2nnfbarv
New York, Nov. 15.-The Southern Rail
way voting trust certificates listed at the
stock exchange yesterday were traded in
to-day at the following prices: y 1-2g