Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
SETTLING MASS OF FLAMES
Fires Raging in the Forests Of the State
Of Washington.
RESORTS ARE IN DANGER OF DESTRUCTION
Many Lumber Camps Burned Out and
Much other Property IL
JikeIy TO he Destroyed BE-
fore Fire is Q~uenched.

HOT SPRINGS, wash, June 2l.-For a
distance Of seven miles the Green river
valley Is a sea Of flames. Since noon yes
terday DR.. Kloeber and the employees and
guests OF the Kloeber Green river hot
springs have been persistently lighting the
hre to save the hotel.
Steadily the FIRE was held back and as
sistance was asked for from Tacoma, which
was promptly sent by Mayor Campbell.
Near haywood. three miles below here, n
lumber camp has been burned out. On each
side is a seething furnace, so hot that
the crew on the relief train was compelled
to seek protection inside the caboose while
passing 1t. Morgan's camp. one mile down,
is partially destroyed, though II Is thought
the most valuable effects can be saved.
At Canton, nine miles below Hot Springs,
are congregated the few settlers and woods
men Of the vicinity. They declare the
forest for miles around to be ablase.
At Eagle Gorge the same condition exists
and several smaller fires ar reported
within a radius Of twenty-five miles.
The forest fires which caused such heavy
loss yesterday had receded from Hot
Springs. near the summit Of the Cascade
range, this morning, when the wind
changed and began blowing back over the
Jul = NOhAoOs AANAO % ~ hIlutE OduktI
unless a change OF wind occurs. The large
hotel and health resort at Hot Springs
we're saved by the hardest kind Of work on
the part OF the Tacoma Are department,
which was sent out on a special train.
The surrounding forests in the Cascade
mountains are still ahame, but the most
combustible material has been consumed
and only the tree trunks are left on which
the ere can feed.
TACOMA, Wash, June 21.-The forests,
Of course. will burn for several days, but
the fires will not sperad unless another
wind comes up. The town of Buckley,
containing 1900 people, was not out OF
danger until 8 o'clock this morning. Three
times during the night the long railroad
trestle that crosses the White river
here caught fire.
Reports received here show the following
properties destroyed: Mountain Mill,
Enumclsw; Morgan's lumber camp. May
wood, Pierce county; railroad tracks and
outbuildings of Kanaskat,
Gould Black logging camp, Sultan, sho-
homish county.
Lyman lumber camp, Hamilton Skagit
county.
rehm logging camp, near shoqualmie,
King county.
These and many other camps have beer
burned during the progress Of these fires
two of which started from locomotives and
one from a blaze in the Moutaln mill.
At Fairhaven the Holman shingle mill
caught FIRE and burned last night and nj
Ferndale, near that point, Davis & Sons
dry kiln, with 1900, 900 tons Of shingles
was burned. So far as can be learned nc
insurance was carried on any of the lost
mills, the rates being prohibitive. Since
the engines were sent away Tacoma has
had four fires, one a brush fire Of consid-
cradle proportions on the outskirts.
The fires on the mountain, although thirty
to fifty miles away, have made the weather
almost unbearable in Tacoma and clouds
Of smoke still hang over the city.