Connecticut western news., 1895-06-06
OILFIELDS ON FIRE.
LIVES AND PROPERTY LICKED UP BY FOREST FLAMES.

FOREST FLAMES. AfiIiisns of polI~rs' Damage Has Bee.
 seversl Towns Are ThreAtened-ssvc. Men Missing.
 BRADFoRp, Pa, June 4.-Tsiephons messages state that fire Is raging in the oiltlsld near here, and great damage has been done At the state line on the Western, New York and Pepnsylavnis railroad seven dwellings, together with their contents and largo amount of lum- bsr, have been consumed. A lumber camp composed of seven dwellings at oil Valley Junction was destroyed together with thousands of dollars worth of lumber.
 The fire may now be said to extend over the entire northern oilfeld of Pennsyfva- nia It Is impossible to givo the loss. but 1t will run into the millions, nor can the number of deaths be given on account of the great scope of country which the fire coyers
 In McKsan and Elk counties 1t is esti- mated that the loss will reach into ths millions. The extreme warm weather has made the forests as dry as Under, and a spark from . locomotive set fire to the wooda At Hunters Run. 17 miles south west of Kane, geo men were engaged all SAtur- day night and Sunday fighting the destruo- tivs sweep of the Aames Muoh property was in danger. The Midland Oil company lost five rigs, two tanka two boiler houses and considerable timber; J. K. Campbell 5000 feet of hemlock lumber. aud Robert Brown . large numb of loes
 " rraIl K a- | qua and the terminus of the Mount Jew ett. Kizea and Ritsrville railroad, . fro broke out Saturday afternoon A force of men fought It's advance all night with considerable success, but . brisk wind gave energy to the sinoldering embsrs and caused them to start up again with redou- blsd fury. The course of the destructive conflagratIon was In the direction of Tally Ho.
 A large house. owned and occupied by Sidney Hallway. together with consider able of the contents, was consumed. Elisha K. Kane lost several thousand feet of logs A Buffalo firm is also said to have been heavy losera R F. Hazleton lost a small skidway of logs and several hundred cords of wood at Hsxlehurst At a late hour last night the Ire was reported to be under control. At Sugar Run Hammond & Andrews and Stout & Holden loss several hundred feet of logs.
 At Ormsby the forests are on fire At Dent on the R R F. railroad and at Mo- Ambley's the woods are burning. At the former place the Emery Oil company has been fighting to protect Its property. At the latter place scarcely anything is left to be devoured except few houses that ooinp prise tho village
 | A Meuntaia Of Fire. Tho east hill at Load Hollow Is e | mountain of fire Captain Jones has lost one or two rigs, and more property of the George Pike farm Is in danger. The Emery oil oompany's property on the op- posits side of the road Is now consider ed safe from the 1anes Late Monday aft srnoon the fire had again crosssed the creek ae Log Hollow, and the Emery steamer Junior WAS sent out to protect tho property of the Emery OH company. The load pump station of tho United | States line. a6. 900 barrel tank and a 6O0 barrel tank filled with oil were in imme- diats danger. along with the dwelling houses It this p!noe.
 A squad of flrsinen, direoted by Chief | MoAilister and aided by tho residents of the Hollow and Pino line employees. suo- oeeded In escaping the flames out of the
 
 and PittsburK rousdhouse. just south of the city, the swamp for milo and a half Is on fire At knnpp's Creek. near the | New York state limo, the foisst is burning | fercely. and many oil rigs are destroyed. The lines of the Postal Telegraph company between horo and Clean have been burned i down for a considerable distance. l Telephone wires also have suffered great iy, and for this reason information from small towns and lumber camps ms to the extent of tho damage cannot be ascer- tained.
 Coon Run. In Elk county. ten miles | from Kane has been wiped out There were about 20 dwelling houses in the place, five or six of these had boon report cd destroyed when the telegraph office caught fire and tho operator was driven from bis post The inhabitants fed for
 their lives
 | Forty six oil we'll rigs at Coon Run and Russell City were consumed by tho fiamos | Thirteen rigs were burned in the imme- diate vicinity of Kane. Every available man h at work fighting the fires In all directions If rain does not fall soon the loss will b. extremely heavy.
 Later information from Coon Run via
 Kano states that six or seven bumpers are missing. It cannot be ascertained whether they have lost fhsir lives in the flames or
 sought a place ot refuge On account of
 tho 1ro people cannot get within milo of | tho site of Coon Run.
 Just south of Bradford and not far from the oity line fire Is raging at Routhorford
 Run. The Rock Glyosrin company a
 magazine, containing 300 pounds of ex- plosiye. Is almost surrounded by fire and
 1t Is feared will be destroyed bsfore the
 flames can be checked
 At 9 o'clock tho South Pennsylvania
 oil company sent 20 men to Dagoiita to
 light the raging Ire which is raging near
 oil property. The city is boing secured for
 men to fight fire In parts of tho local oil
 fields Fifty conts to $i an hour is being
 offered for tho work.