Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-06-05
THE FOREST FIRES.
Adirondack Woods Seem Be
yond Control.
SMOKY AIR OBSCURES THE SUN.
Ashes Fall In Places Many Miles
Distant From the Flames, Which
Are the Fiercest Ever
Known.

GLENS FALLS, n. Y, June SIN
spite of the efforts of hundreds of men
throughout the a'irondacks 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. 1t 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
backward that ordinary methods of
stopping forest fires are futile.
The Adirondack club has over $4,000
acres of heavily timbered land. Rob
ert Pruyns holdings are about 11,000
acres.
Although these fires are fully forty
miles from Glens Falls a heavy cloud
Ul SDlOkG mas nunS ONGl lON rs oAANA
there has been a constant shower of
fine ashes, while a smell of burning
wood was plainly discernible.
At Weavertown, in the northwest
part of Warren county, the smoke was
30 thick all day that objects hundred
yards distant could not be seen.
At Lake George the ashes fell like
a 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
ut 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 We're burned. All the
guests have left the Cascade Lake
House and gone to Westport and Lake
Placid.
One hundred men, armed with shov-
els, rakes and axes, have left for Loon
lake, where forest fires have started in
the heavily timbered tracts owned by
the international Paper company.
The Stony Void Sanitarium For Con-
sumptives at Lake KushaQue is threat
ened with destruction.
President David Wilcox and Third
Vice President Abel l. 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 OBJ
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, CatIin lake, Cedarriver, 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. T.. and the sur
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