The herald., 1898-10-02
Subsiding Only Where Fuel Is
Exhausted
WISCONSIN WOODS FARE NO BETTER
Mining Towns ana Lumber Camps Wiped Out-Loss Of Life
ADDED to Financial OfSaSter-A f1eaVy KAN
the Only Hope

q stop to the fires Is a good heavy rain.
There is but little use in trying to put
the fires out by the usual means as the
fire Is not continuous. From what can
hear 1t must be in probably fifty different
places In my opinion the fires are due
wholly to accident Campers build a fire,
and a spark blows into the underbrush,
which is very dry, and fire Is the result.
1t Is so easy to start a fire just now that 1t
Is almost impossible to ascertain the ori-
gin Of 1t. Sparks from railroad engines
may have caused some fires.''
Within a day or two fires have appeared
on the west slope Of the Pixies Peak range
and largo sections Of timber are being de-
stroyed. Great volumes Of smoke can be
seen rolling over the crest Of the range.
The fires seem to be burning fiercely along
the west side of Mount Badly, which rises
to an altitude Of 18 900 feet four miles south
Of Pixies Peak. At Shutdown the volume
Of smoke has decreased perceptibly.
The people of Pitkin county are be-
coming terrified over the havoc wrought
by the fire that is now raging near there.
The County Commissioners are advising
with the city officials as to the best meth
DDS to check the fire. but as yet no plan has
been outlined.
The fire on White river has burned ever
an area Of 100 square miles and 10 still
sweeping eastward and burning a trench
ten miles wide.
The people Of Upper White river have
fought fire for three weeks day and night
They have been aided by forest rangers
Dunn and Giblet. Parties from that Sec
ton say they have seen nothing of the 9TH
er government rangers. The towns Of
Kokomo and Hahns Peak are reported to
be in danger from the fires surrounding
them.
Glenwood Springs is enveloped In cloud
Of smoke and the situation IN that vicin-
9ty Is rapidly becoming worse.
A special to the Republican from Breck-
inridge says:
Forest fires are destroying . great deal
of fine timber in tho vicinity Of this town
and the air Is heavy with smoke. The
strong winds are causing fires to spread
rapidly.
A special from Crested Butte to the News
says:
This city is surrounded by a wall Of
leaping flames and terrible destruction
of property is imminent. A veritable hur-
ricane is blowing and flames are jumping
500 feet and travelling five miles an hour.
Several thousand dollars worth of hay is
already burned Many people are fighting
fire by means Of back fires.
A special from Pago Springs Colo, says:
There are now four forest fires burning
| inside the limit Of Archuelta county. Ed
McCarty was in from the upper Piedras
today and. says there is a terrible fire on,
the west Of the Piedras river which Is dSs,
vastating much timber, but he thinks ne,
lives are in danger. Another fire Is burnc
ing on Turkey creek, eight miles above thq
springs, and is threatening the settlement
on the creek The fourth fire is between
the Blanco and Navajo rivers, and the ex-
tent is not known.
| A Montrose special says:
| A forest fire on the east side Of Hairpin
mesa has razed an extent of fifteen miles
| in extent. The Denver and Rio Grando