Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-10
HUGE SHOW TREES ARE DOOMED
Bla1e Sweeping All Before It, lnclud'
lac Ranches and Property Of
All Kinds.
FOUR GREAT CONGREGATIONS
lr,, Feared that 10 Many Instances
# Will be Impossible for People
TO Escape,

ssp Francisco. Sept. 10.--Forest fires
arc now raging in many Of the prinel-
nal timber sections In the northern as
,rlcts Of California and in the immedl-
ate vicinity OF this city. According to
,he latest reports four great fires are
now raging, sweeping through the Big
Basin redwood country In the Santa
cruz mountains; over the borders OF
Nendoclno and Lake counties, deyas-
,atlng the mountains OF Mirin county
and also the tlmbered slopes Of the
foothills IN Contra Costa county ana
Alameda county
REDWoODs ARE THREATENED
In the Santa Cruz mountains the sit.
uatlon is serious In the extreme, ana
II is believed that at present mat the
state park In the Big Basin, which con
tains some Of the finest redwood TIM
Der In the state, Is doomed. owing to
the beauty and size Of the trees In THIS
mark. some OF which are 800 feet high
and from 30 to 40 feet in girth this
forest was preserved intact, only to
disappear as II Ia now feared In flames,
SWEEPING ALL BEFORE.
Down the mountains to the coast line
ihe flames are now sweeping every
thing before them-ranches and proper
~ II all kinds, and Il Is only hoped
that the conhagration may not extend
10 the city OF Santa Cruz, The fire In
Marin county Is now checked, II Is be-
lieyed. after devastating an area OF
$4,000 acres. Many buildings have been
destroyed end for q time the slopes OF
Tamalpais were threatened.
MEN FIGHTING FLAMES,
An army OF men has been engaged
fg hours past In fighting the flames,
which have swept a stretch OF country
70 miles long and ranging from one to
five miles wide, taking In all OF the d.
vldlng hills between Contra Costa and
Alameda counties, leaving in their
wake a s%moulderlng pile OF ruins.
Farm houses and barns have been
wiped out IN all directions and the
feed Tor numerous herds Of cattle has
all been destroyed,
CATTLE DESTROYED,
From Tahama, Butte and other points
up north come reports OF loss by flames,
which have swept the mountains. In
Monterey county, south Of here, over
10000 acres Of pasturage have been
destroyed, and several stock ranches
have suffered heavily by the loss Of
cattle. so far no loss OF human life
has been reported but Il Is feared that
IN many instances II must have been
impossible for people 70 escape,
S, p. sNOWSHEDS BURNED.
About 1900 feet Of the Southern Pa
ciic %company's snowsheds near Blue
Canyon In the Sierras were destroyed
by yesterdays fire. A large force OF
men worked all might repairing the
track and at G o'clock this morning had
the work completed so that the delayed
passenger trains began to move,
Freight traffic was also resumed.
The fire destroyed the telegraph
wires but these already have been re-
stored.
Forest fires are also raging in the
mountains and have threatened the
sheds In several places, but the fire
trains have been kept In readiness to
meet any emergency.
FIRE CHECKED.
A definite report from the scene Of
me forest fire raging In the Big Basin
PARK M Santa Cruz county, states that
NE IRE has been checked within n
quarter Of a mile Of the governors
camp and II is thought that the danger
OF me entire destruction OF the reser-
Walton Is now past, The situation at
Boulder Creek has improved, the wind
shifting the blaze and driving the fire
toward the coast, All danger to the
,o|n Is not over, however, as the water
supply IS said to be precarious and the
force OF fighters are worn out with
meir 50 hours ldbors In other sections
" the mountains.