Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-06-11
FORESTS BLAZING
emoKE FORM THE FIRES I'M.
PEDEs TRAFFIC IN NEW
YORK CITY.
sim Is ALMOST OBSCURED
FOREST FIRES CREATING HAVOC
IN MANY SECTIONS OF
THE EAST.
JHGgsANDS FIGHTING FLAMES
VAST TRACTS OF VALUABLE
TIMBER ARE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
JHcysANDs FIGHTING FLAMES

New York. June 6-The densest and
most remarkable draper: If haze ever
seen hereabouts diinme! the sun yes.
terday. The drapery was part of
Maine and Adirondack forests re-
duced to ashes AMI varor There was
a wierdness about the aspect Of the
sky and earth, and at times it ap-
preached the ghcstly. ii.,z smoke was
dense enou.:tl to make sensitive ewes
water and to tickle sensitive Threats.
The sun was not wholly invisible.
When i, was doing it's best to psne-
trate the gloom the air took ON a hue
almost like lemon. Once before, in
September, 1881. when there were
Great Forest Fires
in the western states bordering New
Yorl, there was a yellow day" in this
neighborhood. But 1T 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 TIE north
side between Amityville and East
port and in the vicinity Of Central
lslp and Brentwood to .he extent of
several thousand acres have hscn de-
stroyed.
DISPATCHES from places in the north
ern part of the state rercrt 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 tn Lake George on the
south, is burning ever.
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 renewed
en";@y and vast tracts OF timber, I'M
touched by recent fires, are threat
encd with destruction
Flames Destroying Railroad.
Mount Holly, N. j., June G-Forest
fires are burning along The Ridseway
branch of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey between Lalse',urst and Lake
wool. The flames are making rapid
No2'Fss, all attempts to- extinalisll
them having proved futile. Mon 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 t:se first time
IN many years the density Of the
smoke from forest fires produced a
pronounced yellow atmcsnhere here
yesterday. 1t is forts-savcn days since
ram III any appreciate amount has
fallen in this section, and ;,Mi ;.:s.. that
time the losses from fcrrsi Us in
New England have aggreaa:asssd at least
$l,000,0O0.
Thousands Of Acres Burned.
burlington, VT. June Cat least
thousand men are fighting foras; 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
nres in Aroostoock county have de-
s'foyed fourteen miles Of the Bangor
AroostoOck railroad and two small
settlements.