The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-05
FOREST FIRES OUT.
Torrents of Rain Save the Penn
sylyania Oil Region.
NO ONE WAS BURNED TO DEATH.
RUSSELL City and Coon Run Destroyed
Much Lumber and OH Property
swept Away.

Russell City. Pa June l-Rain came at
O'Clock this evening and IL ssiN pouring
down in torrents The fires IN the woods
are out, and there r. no further danger
r. this vicinity. The damage 10 lumber
and oil property Is enormous. over s.1si
acres OF valuable timber and AlfsaJ worth
OF oil property having been destroyed 10
lives were lost al Coon Run or here, ana
the people who have homes left VIII re-
turn 10 them in the morning.
Bradford. Pa. Jure 4--Ths FIRE al Rus
sell City last night drove terror 20 the
hearts Of 20 inha bi.ants. Al 10 o'clock q
brisk west wind famed the burning az
derbrusn and h unlock timber into 4 sotld
mass OF FIRE. covering three miie7 N
width The flames spread 50 rapidly ma I
the people had 20 leave everything ana
run into a clearing two miles distant, at
Highland Corners Women with emil
dren In their arms shrieking and bemoan-
Ing their fate. RAJ and stumbled as tney
escaped from the hre. Many women iell
exhausted and we're traHrplcd on. 0ut
reached Highland in safety Little 10
left OF the once hustling httle place.
Coon Run. three miles from Russeli
City. which was wiped out Yesterday
afternoon was completely ooiiteFated-
The place consisted Of tweuty-seven
buildings a pump station. schoothouSe
and sawmill. A. p. Fowler, superintend-
emf OF the Northern on Company, says
that while he and his men were hack
firing" a sun breeze from the west came
up like magic. and In less time than u
takes 10 tell the, fire was upon them.
They ran 10 town and aroused the peo-
Die 10 fee for their lives. Men, women
and children made a Wild race for me
railroad track. a distance OF I'VE miles.
while the flames played havoc with thelr
belongings The Northern Company lost
So MIA a a
number OF rigs built for new wells. About
TWENTY-FIVE tanks OF oil were consumed.
The fire at Ormsby Is raging more
fercely than ever this morning. ! NJ
place is without water protection. ana
the flames are devouring a large area o.
standing timber. The sawmills ana
number Of houses have been consumed
a swift breeze Is blowing. and there Is
TO telling what the outcome will be.
fro ~ West Kane which threatened de-
struction TO that place. Is nov under
control. The damage done was the ourh-
ing OF nine oil we'll rigs. owned By the
Griffith estate. an engine house ana
dwelling house. The fire At knapps
creek Is still raging and has done a large
amount OF damage. The FIRE has spread
TO Bllles' camp. and thlrty-hve oil wells
are burning Reports from Duke Cen
ter state that the entire valley Is on lire.
The loss 10 the oil and lumber men will
be enormous. Kansas Branch. Rixford.
Davis city. Summit city Dallas city.
oil Valley, Limestone, State Line. Nor
rick city and Red Rock are all in II, and
unless rain falls soon. viii be destroyed.
Tho sky is black with smoke. The
mountains are invisible and the heat is
intense. Not an idle man can be- found.
and calls for men come from every direc-
ton. Men are still fighting the fire at
Degolia, and apparently have II under
control. Everything at Sugar Run. in
GLIDING sawmills and dwellings. are burn
ed, and nothing remains Of the place. The
fire at Brookstone is stiil burning fienceiy
and there Is no prospect OF checking the
spread Of tho flames. II is impossible TO
get men. consequently the fires max
ing rapid progress.
The fire has reached the oil field at
West Branch. Dense clouds of smoke
have burst forth. II is reported that seN-
eral wells and tanks are on FIRE.
Olean. y. Y. June 4-Oue hundred and
hfty men left here yesterday afternoon
10 light forest fires i'm Four Mile and
knapp's Greek districts. between here aud
Bradford