Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-04
FLAMES FIBRCELY RAGING.
PaOpl, Driven from Their Homes 10
Seek q Plaza oil Safety.


BRADFORD, Pa, June l-Thc Ere
at Russell City last night drove terror
to th1 hearts u 800 Inhabitants. A.
10 O'Clock brisk west wind famed
the burning undorbfpsh and hemlock
timber into O tolid mass Of 1re. cover.
ing three miles width. Tho flames
spread 40 rapidly that people hAu 10
leave everything and run 10 a clesfing
two miles distant OF Highland CornsfS.
Women with children Ia their arms,
uhritklng aud tcm8Ruing their fate,
Tau aud stumbled ~ they escaped from
tho lite. Many womun fell exhausted
and were ifHmpled on, but reguhsi
Highland Ia safely. Nothing IL lUit
OF the once busting little place. tho
tifs " still burning hercelv among the
oil wells. The Northern Oh company
have twenty oil wells aud u NUMBER o.
tanks burning 10 those places
now, Eld there il no Abate.
meat 10 the fury Of the flsmcs. IL
IL impossible 10 estimate tbu lOu. The
WOODS leading 10 Ciatk's ntc ono mas.
OF flames on both sides Of tho road.
How people who live along tho road
could nave escaped IL beyond compro.
hension. There ~ no communication
OF any description with this place
and no news has been Ob.alnnbla from
there, but there 10 no doubt VI oveTy-
thing having been burned la the paln
or tho iifr. Every available man is
fighting tho ite, and there are not
men enough. There 70 firo In every
direction and all efforts to check IL.
progress sesm TO 10 iulile. Coon Run,
three miles from Russell city, which
was wiped out yesterday afternoon,
was entltely oblitetated. The place
consisted oi - buildings, pump station,
school house Ind saw mill. a. B.
Fowler, superintendent OF tile North
eGn OH conn any, says that while lie
Aud his men were "backilting,D
stili breeze from tho west cams up like
magic and la ltss time lhan 10
takes 10 toll II the Are was
upon them. They ran to town aud
Ioutod the cgplo 10 ilsc ior their Liver.
Man, women aud children made q
wild race Tor the railway track, dis.
tauco Of five miles, whll1 the flames
played havoc with all thrir belong.
ings. Tho Northern company lost
iOrty oil wells at this place and "a large
number OF rigs buIlt Tor the now wells.
Ab5ut twenty-five tanks OF oil were
consumed,
HEvERAL WELLS Of FtRE.
Bra DFJRD, Pa, Juue 4.-rhe FIRE
has reached the OIL Held at West
Branch. a dtuee cloud OF smoke has
burst forth. II ID fop3rte1 that several
wells aud tauk. arr on IRE.
Tho iirn at OrDiaby In raging more
hercely ihan ever this morning. The
place Ia without water protection and
the flames nrs dnvOuTiug large area
o, standing timber, Saw mills ana n
numhOr Of huuSel have been c,usumei.
4 SIN breeze II blowing Hni there 10
no telling what tho outcome VIII he.
Tho lfe at West Kane, which threat.
ened destruction 10 that place, Is now
under control. The damage done was
the burning Of nine oil woll riga owned
by the Grlnlih estate, engine house
sud dwelling house.
Tue frs ~ knapps creek Il stiil
raging aud has done large amount Of
damage. The fire has spread TO Bells
camp aud thigly'nyo oil wells are
buTuinF.
Reports from Duke Center state that
the entire valley IN on hte. The loss
to oil and lumber men will be ouor-
nous.
Ksnsas Branch, Xix Ford, Davis
Guy, Summit Clty, Dallas City, OH
Valley, Llnebtone Stale Line, Derrick
CITY ana Red Rock arc all Ia II, anu
unlrss rain falls soon viii be destroyed
the eEy u black with smoke, the
mountains Invisible and the heat in.
tense. Not nn idis man can be found
and calls for men come from every
direction.
Ino men nre still fighting the fro at
De Cola aud apparently have II under
control. Nothing has buen learned
from West BfnnCh, where a brisk fiFe
Ia burning. Evsrythiugat sugar Run,
Including the saw mills aud dwellings,
WAS burned, ana nothing remains Ul |
tue Place.
Tho nru at Bvookstone Ii still burn
ing lieIosiy aud there 10 NO prospect Of |
chucRlng lhe spread OF the iiSme. II |
IN lmDossihie 10 get men; consequently |
the ilgrs make rapid htaaWHy.
ASSISTANCE COMING.
OLEAS, n. y, Juue A hundred |
anu my men luit hero yesterday after
noau 60 ilgUt tue fortsl iiTos In Four
Mile anu kugpf's CietS uittrlotu, be-.
tween hVIB ana Bradford.
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