Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-05
THE FOREST FIRES.
Adirondack Woods Seem Be
 yond Control.
SMOKY AIR OBSCURES THE SUN.
Ashes Fall I'm Places Many Miles Distant From the Flames, Which
 Are the F1ercest Ever Known.

spite of the efforts of hundreds of men throughout the Adirondacks the forest fires are spreading. The most serious fires are now reported to be in the vi cinity of Long lake east toward New. comb lake and Mount Marcy. Far ther south fires are raging along the Cedar river and at Indian lake.
 Every available man is being press ed into service. It is reported that Robert Pruyn of Albany, whose pre- serve lies in toward Newcomb lake, has large force of men, sent in from Albany to North creek by special train, working to protect his property, which | lies directly in the path of the fire. The woods are so dry and vegetation so 1 backward that ordinary methods of stopping forest fires are futile. | The Adirondack club has over 50,00O acres of heavily timbered land. Rob- ert Pruyn's holdings are about 11,000 acres.
 Although these fires are fully forty miles from Glens Falls, a heavy cloud of smoke has hung over the town, and there has been a constant shower of fine ashes, while smell of burning wood was plainly discernible.
 At Weavertown, in the northwest part of Warren county, the smoke was SO thick all day that objects hundred yards distant could not be seen.
 At Lake George the ashes fell like heavy snowfall. A dense smoke has settled over the lake, obscuring the view. The boats on the lake are run ming slowly to avoid accidents. Cars of the Hudson Valley railroad on the Warrensburg branch are also operated at slow speed.
 Fires are reported at Silver Bay, at Hague and also in the mountains on the east side of the lake toward Lake Champlain.
 A telegram from Lake Placid says that several lumber camps at South Meadows, near Cascade lake; a big boarding house in Rogers Bros log ging camp, about five miles from Lake Placid, and the barns of the Cascade Lake House were burned. All the guests have left the Cascade Lake House and gone to Westport and Lake Placid. p
 One hundred men, armed with shov- els, rakes and axes, have left for Loon lake, where forest fires have started in the heavily tfmbered tracts owned by the International Paper company.
 The Stony Wold Santtarium For Con- sumptives at Lake Kushaque is threat ened with destruction.
 President David Wilcox and Third Vice President Abel I. Culver of the Delaware and Hudson railroad, who made trip of inspection over the Cha teaugay division, are doing all in their power to aid in checking the flames. The moon was almost wholly ob- scured at Saratoga, N. Y, by the smoke and ashes driven by the wind from the innumerable Adirondack for est fires which are raging with una bated fury Hundreds of men have been sent to the front to fight the fires, but they are almost powerless, as the fires appear to have got far beyond control.
 The heaviest fires are reported near Indian lake, North creek, Blue Noun tain lake, Catlin lake, Cedar river, Glen lake Long lake and other sections in that region. Several fires are In prog ress on the Greenfield mountains.
 The General Grant cottage on the summit of Mount McGregor was re- ported in danger.
 A smoky condition of the atmosphere at Middletown, N. Y., and the sur rounding country has obscured the sun, alarming many in the farming sections.
 Dense clouds of smoke from forest &pno oor{v1 Hainesi Falls in the Catskill noun fains have filled the streets of King ston, N. ", all day, completely hiding the mountains and foothills from view At times it was difficult to see four blocks away. Reports are that the fires are the fiercest ever known. Many rumors of the destruction of summer homes of wealthy New York CTS at Eika Park, Tannersville and Haines' Falls cannot be verified.
 A dense smoke filled the air at Glov ersville, N. Y, completely obscuring the sun. Forest fires which have been smoldering north of this city for two weeks have broken out afresh, and as there is no water at hand there is no way of fighting the flames, which are AVAhE LAuCu udHdGS IO llIupGr lduu.
 Ashes fell all day at Hoosick Falls, N. Y., and the smoke from the forest fires is so dense that the western pot ton of the town Is obscured Flames have broken out afresh on Grafton mountain, where they have ragged for the last few days, after having been extinguished last week All the noun tainous districts in nearly every direc- tion have fires of more or less severity Owing to the drought in, this section all timber lands are very dry and burn like finder The flames roll with alarm ing rapidity from one point to another and send up huge clouds of smoke and fine ashes, which could be seen whirl- ing through the air at any hour yester- day. The property loss is confined to the burned timber.
 All day heavy smoke caused by for est fires in the Catskills, sixty miles away, filled the atmosphere at Fishkill Landing and for many miles in the Hudson River valley. On the streets of Newburg, N. T.. people choked, and