The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-05
FIRES DYING OUT IN MAINE
CONDITIONS NSIAfPROVING IN MOST
 PLACES IN STATE.

O- Flames spread-SRme Conditions True of fVermOnt-YeIIow Day Throughout New EngIand-FIres in This State. Portland, Me, June 4.-An official opinion given by State Forest Commis- sioner Ring at Augusta tonight was to the effect that the forest fires i'll Maine are dying down. Conditions are improving in most places and if the wind does not spring up the outlook is favorable
 In the Rangeley region the fires at Rangeley and Remis have been check ed. In the Moosehead district the fire has not spread beyond Greenville. The most serious fires continue to spread along the line of the Bangor and Aroos- took railroad.
 In 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 vicinity of Long Lake east towards NeWcomb lake and Mount Marcy. Far ther south fires are raging along the cedar river and at Indian lake. Every available man is being pressed into ser- vice. It is reported that Robert Pryn Of Albany. whose preserve lies in to- ward NeWcomb lake, has a large force ot men, sent in from Albany to North Creek by special train, working to pro- tect his property, which lies directly in tha hath of bo fro Tha NyooIS sO dry and vegetation so backward that ordinary methods of stopping forest fires are futile.
 The Adirondack club has over 50,000 acres of heavily timbered land. Robr ert Pruyn's holdings are about 11,000 acres.
 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 to-day like heavy snowfall. A dense smoke has settled over the lake, obscuring the view.
 Fires are reported at Silver Bay, at Hague and also in the mountains on the east side of the lake towards Lake Champlain.
 According to the records kept by Pro- lessor c. L. Williams, there has been but three tenths of an inch of rainfall in Glens Falls since April 10. The nor maj precipitation for this period should have been several inches.
 Burlington, Vt, June 4.-Advices re- ceived from all parts of Vermont by the Free Press shows that the territory suffering from forest fires is even lar ger than yesterday. But few buildings have been destroyed, but few small places are threatened. The largest fire reported is one in Danby, where it, is said that two thousand acres of timber land, owned by s. L. Griffith, Vermont's lumber king, has been burned over and is sweeping over still larger tracts. Re- ports of large fires in Essex county, in the extreme northeast corner of the state. are received Miles of territory have been burned over, and fires are re- ported on all sides of Island Pond, the largest village in the county.
 Boston, June 4.-For the first time in many years the density of the smoke from forest fires produced pronounced yellow atmosphere here to-day. The sun was visible, but it had no more power through the smoky pail than on cloudy day. When the sun set last night it had the appearance of copper ball. but to-day the hue was changed to fiery red The smoke was sufficiently dense to cause disicomfort to those nav ing sensitive throats and eyes.
 In was forty-seven days since rain in any appreciative amount has fallen in thls section and during that time the losses from forest fires in New England have aggregated at least $1,O00,0 000 Hundreds of acres of woodlands are still burning within twenty miles Of Boston and on Cape Cod yesterday fully 5000 acres. including several buildings, were consumed. This fire was under control to-day. and three hundred men are guarding the line.
 Reports from all over the New Eng land states except from the southeast section. state that lhousanids of acres are being burned over and in many cases buildings have been destroyed. The losses in the great lumber regions of northern New England have been particularly severe, the big lumber com- panies having had to detail hundreds of men to fight the flames.
 Along the Canadian border the situa- tion is bad, and in Canad athe fires ap- pear to be as numerous as on this side of the line. A high southwesterly wind yesterday carried the flames along like a whirlwind. The wind here to-day was from the east and it was hoped the change would relieve the situation everywhere.