Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-25
Three Persons ?erished as Re-
suit of Conflagrations In
Northern Pennsylvania.
MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Mountains Were AbIaze From Ram.
SEVILLE to Ansona and Forests
Were Burning From Remove to
Johnsonburg-Rideway Threatened.

Williamsport, Pa, April 25.-The
furious sweep Of forest fires during
IA hours preceding last night caused
devastation to a vast amount of prop
erty, and In two cases the loss of life
is attributed to the fire fiend. From
Slnnemahoning came meagre details
OF the terrible fate that befell two
men and the thrilling escape of four
Others. Mountain fires destroyed a
large number Of sleepers and caused
the rails to spread on Barclays lum-
Der road. An engine and a dozen
cars loaded with logs were derailel.
The locomotive overturned, pinning
two OF the six men riding on it un-
der the tender The other four men
saved themselves with great diff
Guilty, but were unable to prevent
their comrades, pinned under the ten
der, from burning to death. The
names of the unfortunate men had
not been learned
Child Drowned Through Flight.
AS result of the fire which de.
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house and nine stables in the village
of Clintondale, Clinton county, Wed
nesday night, 6-year-old Agnes Field
ing lost her life The child became
frightened when the flames attacked
the home of her parents, and in at
tempting to reach a place of safety
she fell into a creek and was drown.
ed. Her body was recovered yester-
day afternoon mile from her home,
having been carried by the current.
Wednesday night at Tiadaghton, as
a Fall Brook passenger train stopped
at the station, a woman with a badly
blistered face, who had just come
down off the mountain, rushed up and
implored the men about the station
to go up on the mountain to help
fight the fire. She said that the
houses of all the settlers in that vi
entity would be destroyed unless they
got help. A fire fighting brigade was
formed to go to the aid of the set
tiers. A terrible condition of things
exists in the northwestern portion OF
this county, in the Pine Creek valley.
Near Haneyville Wednesday night
100000 feet of sawed lumber belong
ing to George Walker was destroyed.
Four houses were also burned.
Rogers sawmill, on Lick run, was
wiped out of existence during We'd
nesday night. A large amount of
sawed lumber was saved with diff
Guilty.
Fought Fire Many Hours.
Over SO men worked hard all day
Wednesday and portion of Wednes,
day night fighting fierce fire in Mos
quito valley, above the Williamsport
Water company's reservoir. The
flames covered an immense area,
fully a hundred acres of ground be-
ing burned over. Near midnight the
fighters succeeded in mastering the
fire.
The mountains bordering Pine
creek are reported ablaze from Ram.
SEVILLE to Ansonia. At Ramseyville
$500 feet of logs belonging to Valen-
tine Luppert, of South Williamsport,
were destroyed. Several small houses
closely adjacent were also burned.
At Ridgway Wednesday night fire
alarm was sounded and the citizens
turned out to fight the encroaehlnS
flames and save the town from do
struction.
Passengers arriving here from
points along the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad stated that the forests
were ablaze from Remove to Johnson.
burg