The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-05
FLEEING FOR TIER LIVES.
4 Mighty Sea Of Fire Sweeps Every
thing Before it.

A dispatch from l0aho Springs, Col
orado, say fearful forest fires are raging
on the west side Of the divide. They
are beyond control and the people are
fleeing for their lives. How many. if
any, have perished cannot be known as
there is no way Of getting direct infor-
nation. Light breezes gives the nigh
ty sea Of fire new impetus and onward
it goes, burning everything before it,
with no chance for life, stock or pro-
perty Cattle are known to be perish
ing and bears, deer and other wild ami
mails are rushing to the east side Of the
divide. The damage will be tremend-
Gus. The timber losses amount to more
than any money consideration. These
forests cover the heal waters Of the
mountain streams where the snow re-
main for many months. From such
source streams have been kept carrying
volumes of water sufficient to irrigate
most of the lands Of the State west Of
the divide With the disappearance of
the timber the flow Of the streams will
be materially lessened There seems
to be a settled opinion among the
ranchers that these fires were started
by the Indians with malicious intent.
They say the forcible election Of the
Indians and there return to the reser-
vation more than year ago because Of
their slaughter Of game has made them
b;++or +l,o 1rbI+oe
The forest fires which have been
burning in various places throughout
western Wisconsin for the past few
days were famed into furious storms Of
fame by winds and did great damage in
Chippewa, Dunn, St. Croix and Polk
counties. A general destruction Of
telegraph wires make the reports very
incomplete, but it seems that the vii
lagos Of Clayton, Alamena and Poskin
have been wholly or partly destroyed,
that Cumberland has suffered heavy
losses and that Glenwood, Barron,
Prentice, Phillips and Turtle Lake
were saved only by great efforts. Re
ports Of loss of life are coming in, but
have not been verified except in one
instance. 4 railroad bridge and trestle
over 700 feet long on the 500 Line,
west of Barron, was burned last night
and trains are running by another route.
Fires have been checked in places by
rains and the subsidence of the winds.
4 rough estimate places the aggregate
loss at from s., 900, 900 to S5,00O,0 900.
Reports from the western portion of
Colorado continue to tell of the ravages
Of the forest fires, which bid fair to
devastate the greater part of the forests
Of the State. A special from Glenwood
Springs, the centre Of the burning dis
trict, says: ''The fires in the noun
tains near here have taken fresh life
today owing to high winds. The sun
has been nearly obscured, all day the
atmosphere was heavy with smoke.
The fire east of Glenwood Springs is
fortunately in an unsettled part Of the
country and aside from the immense
loss by the burning Of timber, no loss
has occurred up to the present time.
THE stock on the ranges, as far as
heard from, has escaped the fire" A
special to the News from kokomo,
Colo, says: Forest fires are raging on
every hand here. Sheep mountain, on
the north side, is a mass Of flames,
which are within quarter Of a mile
Of this camp. Great apprehension is
felt here for the safety Of the town"