The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-04
Miles of Flame i'm the Oil Region
of Pennsylvania.
NUMEROUS OIL RIGS BURNED.
settlements Destroyed. the Inhabi-
tants Fleeing for Life.
The Red Billows or Fiery Sea Cover
Large Area. and Roar in DeriSion
of the Feeble Efforts of Men 10
Check Their Sweep-Tanks of oil
Feed the Blaze.

Bradford. Pa. June 3.-The woods about
oFmSDy are on fire. and a number OF oil
rigs nave been destroyed All cornnunt-
cation has been cut Of Fires are also
reported along the New York, Lake Erie
u PitIs0urg road. as far as Allegheny.
y. \. On the Buffalo. Rochester * Pitts
burg road at Dent, the property OF the
Emery OIL Company is threatened. OIL
rigs all through that section have been
burned, as we'll millions OF feet of
standing timber. The most fear is felt
at Rutherford Run. whore 1000 pounds OF
nitro-glycerine is stored.
Coon Run. small settlement ten miles
south OF here. has been wiped out by the
haHaes. People had 10 flee for their lives,
and great excitement prevailed. The IRE
came so Suddenly that many women and
children were panic-stricken and became
unable to move. They mad 10 be carried
10 places OF safety.
Passengers who arrived here tonight
over the PittsbUrg * Western say the
woods for ten miles in the oil field are a
roaring mass OF flames. Conductor Tanks
says the people on the oil leases are fee
ing for safety. but the fire spreads SO
quickly that he cannot see how ali of
them could have have been saved. SO
far as reported only seven oil bumpers
are missing.
a telephone message az .. Is o'clock via
the leases of Messrs. Burns. Russell and
Curtis have been tireSwept, and fifty rigs
destroyed Several dwellings have been
burned and should a wind arise during
the night Il would likely carry the flames
TO Knapp's Creek and destroy the town.
knapp's Greek is located on the mount
ain. between Bradford and Olean. on the
Western New York & Pennsylvania rail-
road. and has a population Of l,G9.
Telephone messages state that the fire is
raging in the oil fields near here. and that
great damage has been done. At the state
line a lumber camp OF seven dwellings at
Oilville Junction were destroyed, together
with thousands OF dollars worth of lum-
Der. The fire may now be said 10 extend
over the entire northern oil field of Penn
sylyania. 1t is impossible as yet 10 give
any computation of damage or the num-
ber of deaths, on account of the great
scope of the country which the fire covers.
Russell City, Pa. June 3.-Everything
between Iron Run and this city is burned.
including all the rigs and tanks of the Elk
Oil Company station and the Standard
pump station The fire has crossed the
railroad at Russells and is sweeping every
thing before it with strong wind from
the west. If the wind does not change,
Russell city will be wiped out before morn-
ing.
Kane. Pa, June 3.-Never before has
this place been threatened with so much
destruction as today. The forests have
been on fire since Sunday, and all efforts
TO check the flames have proved unavail-
ing This afternoon at o'clock the fire
has spread to West Kane, the heat being
so intense that the fighters were driven
back and the people began to leave their
houses for places OF safety Everett Spring
is dried up, and the place is at the mercy
of the flames. The flames are now in the
oil field and have burned the oil wells
owned by the Griffith company. The
Union oil Company has lost six rigs and
three tanks of oil. James CampbelPs saw
mill and over 100000 feet of logs have
heen DESTROYED.