Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-04


to the millions.
Kane, Pa, June 3.-At an early hour
yesterday morning the locomotive Of a
lumber railroad set fire to the woods
near Hunter Run, a small settlement
seventeen miles southwest Of Kane.
As soon as the fire was discovered men
were sent to the scene to fight it, A
high wind was blowing the greater part
of the day and despite The efforts of
the men, the progress OF the flames
could not be checked. They finally
reached the oil property of the Mid
land Oil Company and threatened it
with destruction.
When the oil men and the lumber
men realized the extent of the cOnfla-
grafton, they Immediately sent 200 men
to Huter Run. They fought the fire
through Saturday night and all day
Sunday before they succeeded in get
ting it under control. The National
Transit Company pumped water from
their Hunter Run station to a point in
advance of the flames and thus greatly
aided i'm preventing the destruction of
much valuable property. A large num-
ber of logs belonging to Robert Brown
and about fifty thousand feet of hem
lock lumber owned by j. j. Campbell
were destroyed. Five rigs, two tanks
and two boiler houses of the Midland
OH Company were burned and much
valuable timber was destroyed. The
fire burned over about five square mile9
of forest.
The forest fires have reached West
Kane, and a high wind is blowing.
There may be trouble here if the wind
does not shift. The fire reported at
Hunter Run is spreading rapidly, and
now is close TO Russell City7-where
there are a number of saw mills and oil
wells.
The fire is spreading to West Kane
very rapidly and people are moving
ont Of their homes. The FIRE is ge Inc
worse and the wind continues to blow.
Five oil well rigs have just been swept
by the fire. Great damage viii be
done. n
Bradford. Pa, June 3.-A bad forest
fire is in progress at Coon Run and
Russell City. Elk county, and valuable
oil property is in immeiate danger. A
high wind is blowing and a large force
of men are at work fighting the flames.
Another fire is repOTte i'm the dense
forests. near Sheffield. Forest county,
doing heavy damage Particulars
meagre.
Bradford. Pa. June "a telephone
or u. rrfn ~
Y from KnaDps Creek says the leases
of Messrs. Burns. Russell and Curtis
have been fire swept and fifty rigs are
destroyed. Several dwellings have
been burned. and should any wind
arise during the night it will carry the
flames to Knapp's Creek, and destroy
the town. Knapp's Creek is located
midway on the mountain between
Bradford and Olean. on the w. y. Y. &
p. railway, and has a population OF
1000
Telephone messages state that the
fire is raging in the oil field near here,
and great damage has been done. At
the State line on the Western New
York & Pennsylvania Railroad, several
dwellings. together with their contents
and a large amount Of lumber 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 oil field of
PENNSYLVANIA. Tt is impossible as yet
to give any computation of the dam
ages. or the number of deaths on &c
count of the great scope Of country the
fire covers.
Russell City Pa, June EVERY
thing between Coon Run and Russell .
Citv is burned, including all rigs and
tanks Of the Elk Oil Company sta
tions and Standard pump station. Ere
crossed the railroad north of Russell
and is sweeping everything before 1T
with a strong wind from the west. If
they don't get change of wind Rus
sell City Will be wiped out before
morning.
Kane. Pa. June 3.-Never before has
this place been threatened with so
much destruction as to-day. The for
ests have been on fire since Saturday
and all efforts to check the flames have
proved unavailing. This afternoon at
9 o'clock the fire had spread to West
Kane. the heat being so intense that
the fighters We're driven back and the
people began to desert their houses for
nlaces of safety. Every spring is dried
mn and the place lis at the mercy of tho
flames. The fire is now raging in the
Oil field and has burned the oil we'll
rigs owned by the Griffith Company.
The Union Oil Company has lost six
rips and three tanks of oil. James
CampbeITs saw mill and over million !
feet of logs have been destroyed.