Evening star., 1898-09-30
tionably run far into the thousands of doll
Entire Ridge on Efrc.

| CARBONDALE, Col, September 30.-On
Bald mountain, above Cattle Creek to the
east of this place, the entire ridge is afiame
and the heavy west wind prevailing the
! last three days is driving It up along the
mountain TO the east ant at present It ex-
tends for distance Of five miles to the
southeast.
For miles around to the northwest the
! haystack mountains, extending across to
| the Muddy country, another large fire is
/ burning, while due west, above Spring
| gulch, large timber tracts, covering hum
dreds of acres, are being destroyed. The
men at fuckers lumber camp, which fur
| nishes timber for the mines, are hard at
work protecting the timber and plowing to
stop the advance of the flames.
| Northwest of here, above Sunshine,
other large tract is burning. Due north
| from here, between Spring valley and
! Grand river, a large tract OF mesaland,
over fifteen miles in length, is burning.
Battlement government reserve bounded
! by the Grand river on the north. roaring
| Fork on the east and the Gunnison on the
| west, is a mass of flame. This reserve
runs through the counties Of Garfield, Delta
| and Mesa.
The Big White river government reserve,
| starting in Garfield county and extending
| through the Routt and Rio Blanco. is alse
on fire.
| Extent of the Ruin.
| Reliable reports show that the fires are
| now nearly lIlree nuDuTeu miles IN tlTCuDi-
ference, with Glenwood for a center, and
practically every mountain range with tim
ber is ablaze. The only cessation Of the
fire that is reported comes from Cottonwood
and Four Mile creeks. where the flames
have consumed everything that will burn
on the mountain sides.
IN the south side of the Rio Grande from
Minturn to Glenwood the railroad men re-
port steady blaze of fire plainly visible
from the smaller valleys Many ranches
have been abandoned.
There appears to be no hope of cessa-
ton of the conf1agration except by a very
heavy rain or the demolition of the timber
by the destroying element.
j. S. Swan, game commissioner, states
there is no doubt but that the fires are
caused by the carelessness of campers and
people generally during a season OF excep-
tional dryness.
Col. W. T. S. May, chief United stats
forester. has gone to the west slope to IA
spect the country under government con-
troll where fires are burning.
Fall of Rain.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, September 30.-Re-
ports receiver at the railroad Offices In this
city are to the effect that the forest fires
in the northern part of the state were
quenched by heavy fall OF rain late last
night. The heaviest loss WIS suffered at
Cumberland, where twenty-five families
we're rendered homeless by the flames and
large saw mill plant valued at S2z500O
was wiped out Wires are down In all d.
rections. and particulars of the ruin
wrought have not yet been received, but
are expected to come in shortly.
The pecuniary loss is not expected to
reach over 81 .6o0.600. General superinten-
dent Collins of the Wisconsin Central lines
says not penny's damage has been done
to his comreny's property. Assistant Su-
perfntendent Cantilion of the Northwestern
railway says he has received no reports
Assistant General Superintendent ID. L.
frGh Of fha Ila.a L.
ing unusual from the fire section
1MiNNEAPOLIS. Mimi. September 3d.
The 500 line reports Barren. Wis.,. un.
harmed by fire.