The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-12
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New York, June The densest and
most remarkable draperyi OF haze ever
seen hereabouts dimmed the sun Yes.
5terday. The drapery was part VI
Maine and Adirondack forests re-
iduced to ashes and yapor. There was
wierdness about the aspect Of the
sky and earth, and at times 1t APP
preached the ghostly. The smoke was
dense enough to make sensitive eyes
water and to tickle sensitive throats.
The sun was not wholly invisible.
When it was doing it's best to pene.
trate the gloom the air took on hue
almost like a lemon. Once before, in
September. 1881, when there were
Great Forest Fires
in the western states bordering New
York there was yellow day. in this
neighborhood. But it was not nearly
so wierd as yesterday.
The haze hung over the river and
harbor, somewhat impeding traffic,
and the trolley and elevated road SER
vice was slightly delayed. The same
atmospheric conditions prevailed at
Utica and other cities in the central
part of the state
Forest fires are creating havoc on
Long Island. The woods on the north
side between Amityville and East
port and in the vicinity of Central
Islip and Brentwood to the extent of
several thousand acres have been de-
stroyed.
Dispatches from places in the north
ern part of the state report that the
forest fires have broken out afresh in
the Adirondack mountains.
More Serious Than Ever.
Glen Falls, N. Y, June 6.-The fire
situation in the Adirondacks is more
serious than any time since the fires
began. The heavy-timbered sections
of the woods extending from Long
lake on the foot of Mount Marcy on
the north, the Indian lake and Cedar
river through to Lake George on the
south, is burning over.
Famed Into Renewed Energy.
Utica, N. Y, June 6.-Winds which
sprang up Wednesday afternoon and
continued yesterday have once more
famed the Adirondack forest fires to
the north of this city into a renewed
energy and vast tracts of timber, I'M
touched by recent fires, are threat
encd with destruction.
Flames Destroying Railroad.
Mount Holly, N. j., June 6.-Forest
fires are burning along the Ridgeway
branch of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey between Lakehurst and Lake
wood. The flames are making rapid
progress, all attempts to extinguish
them having proved futile. Men have
been sent on special trains to fight the
fires. For many miles the air is heavy
with smoke.
Losses Reach a Million.
Boston, June 6.-For the first time
in many years the density of the
smoke from forest fires produced
pronounced yellow atmosphere here
yesterday. 1t is forty-seven days since
rain in any appreciate amount has
fallen in this section, and during that
time the losses from forest fires in
New England have aggregated at least
100000.
Thousands Of Acres Burned.
Burlington, VT, June 6.-At least
thousand men are fighting forest fires
in Vermont. yet thousands of acres of
valuable timber land have been
burned over, and there is little pros
pect that the fires can be checked
until rain falls.
Two Settlements Wiped Out.
Houlton, Me-, June 6. - The forest
fires in Aroostoock county have de-
stroyed fourteen miles of the Bangor
& Aroostoock railroad and two small
settlements.