The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-07
MILES OF FLAME.
Big Forest Fire Rag.
ing in Town of
Boylston.
BLAZE WAS SEEN BY HUNDREDS.
Glimpses of Metropolitan
Basin on Clinton Troll
ley Line.

Clinton, June 6.--For two days fire
has been burning in the woodlands
along the Boylston road. The territory
embraced by the flames covers many
acres. 1t stretches along the line of
the Worcester and Clinton trolley road
for a quarter of a mile, from a few rods
below the old brick yard on the Boyls-
ton road to a considerable distance be
yond. The fire was merely getting
ready yesterday. Trolley riders ex-
perienced no especial discomfort from
st. 1t was not strong enough to make
Its heat felt above the heat of the sun.
But today was different. The flames
had a first class hold. They could be
heard above the roar of the car making
q vicious cracking sound.
Dense volumes of smoke rolled across
the road and hung heavily just where
1t could do most damage to the eyes of
motorman. Toward evening the heat
began to get intense, and the tempera-
ture of the affected zone of travel was
frequently likened to the temperature
of a much warmer place. Looking
backward this evening from the cars
Bound for Clinton, an excellent view of
the fire could be obtained, after the car
had passed out of the region of dis
comfort
The flames could be seen travelling in
ragged lines close to the ground, ex-
acept some places where accumulations
of brush gave it more material it
2eaped into great spear heads of fire ten
or twelve feet high. The spectacle was
unusually attractive, and one not
commonly to be observed as an ad-
sunct to a trolley ride.
The heat has parched all the wood
land here abouts until only a match is
needed to start a forest fire of first
eclass dimensions Nobody seems to
{know how this fire started. 1t is not
likely that any effort will be made to
check it. There are no houses in the
way. The fire will go out of itself in
two OF three days, for lack of material,
provided q rain does not sooner arrive
and extinguish it.
This has been an awful day in Gin
ton, although the intensity of the heat
was much less felt than yesterday. No
borers at the north dixie. The straight
rays of the sun beat down upon their
bent backs and aching heads. A man
on an average was able to do about
half Of a usual days work The rid
ing between Worcester and Clinton was
heavy all day, Worcester people con-
tributing more than a fair half of the
traffic. 1t is quite a usual thing with
persons from the city to ride half way
TO this town and then take car back.
This saves half the fare but it de-
prives the rider Of the birdseye view
of the reservoir work, which is OBJ
tanned from the top of Wilson hill.
Most Worcester people apparently do
not know that large part of the ire
f7eaf eyreV lii
artificial lake at the very doors of the
heart Of the commonwealth are in view
from the cars during a trolley ride to
Clinton. Some of the gigantic fabric
of the north dixie can be seen in the
distance. The road runs almost at the
edge of the temporary dam that turns
the waters Of the Nashua into the
tunnel, driven through hills and solid
rock, to flow on to Boston. 1t is just
below this temporary dam that i'm
mense pieces Of granite will be reared
block upon block to form a breastwork
of stone which will restrain millions of
tons of water from breaking over the
second city in Worcester county, which
this place is. Nine-tenths of he
beauty and profit of the ride, in short.
IS on the Clinton end.
The contract for repairing the old
police station at an expense of nearly
$4,000 were awarded this morning as fol-
lows: The general repairs to Orson H.
WEIGH, $4,000; for heating, ]. T. Dorney,
S5O1; for plumbing, gas fixtures and
pipes, O'Toole Bros, $472.18. There will
remain after these expenditures a snug
sum to be invested in other decorations
Sor the old building.
There is wailing and crashing of
teeth among the hackmen who carry
passengers from the Union depot. Sta
ton Agent Carter has served notice
upon them that the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad will take
the hack business into its own control
Immediately. 1t will let the privilege
Of maintaining hacks on the company
grounds to the highest bidders. This
action on the part of the railroad will
not be as disastrous to the hackmen
as it has proved in some other towns,
because the Boston and Maine has not
made the same rule. The hacks will
simply remove to the other side of the
depot
William J. Stewart was married this
afternoon to Miss Catherine G. White
law, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Whitelaw, by Rev W. " Jordan, at his
residence The groom is employed by
William H. Fairbanks.
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