Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20
Big Oil Tanks in Danger.
VILLAGES THREATENED.
Fires in Allegheny Mountains Burn
ing With Renewed Vigor.

PHILADELPHIA. October D-Fron
nearly every mountainous section OF
PENNSYLVANIA come reports of forest ano
brush fires, the flames in some instances
endangering villages that are surrounded
by woodlands. Most of these fires art
believed to have been started by hunters
who have thronged the woods since the
rabbit season opened October Is. The
prevailing drought has dried out the
leaves and branches Of the trees anc
made them fine fuel FOR names 1anned py
strong wind.
Near Williamsport in the central part
of the state. the citizens of villages are
fighting fires. These are Leetonia, In
southern Tioga county: Trout Run. in
northern Lycoming. and Nordmont, in the
eastern part of Sullivan county
At Trout Run every available man and
youth has been lighting flames continu-
ously since Friday night. The wall OF
fire which was four miles long and al
menace that women began to prepare
their households for quick moving.
The fire fighters have made all their
efforts at back firing and digging trenches
The latter have been dug around three
sides of the fire and the men now are
running in relays along this trench
watching that flames do not leap 1t.
At Leetonia the fire has not yet ad-
vanced sufficiently to Immediately endan-
ger the town.
At Normont forty men have been fight
ing fire since Sunday. The thick woods
run almost to the doors of this villa ge's
houses and comDetey surround the town
The fires On the Allegheny mountains are
burning with renewed vigor and a efforts
to check them have been unsuccessful Nc
rain has fallen in that part of the state In
two months.
Not only virginia. timber but fences and
outlying buildings have been destroyed
Yesterday Barre. eight miles west OF
Huntingdon. was threatened with deStruc-
ton. :.
In the Pocono mountains. in the east
ern part of Pennsylvania, flames are
sweeping over a great area in defiance of
the fire fighters.
Conditions Are Alarming.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa. October 2O-The
forest fires throughout the Allegheny
mountains are spreading rapidly today
and conditions are alarming. The eastern
slope of the mountains Is ablaze for sew
eral miles and a number Of villages are
threatened with destruction. At Dough-
erty. Dean and Dysart the situation is
serious. There Is practically water
famine In this vicinity and little progress
is being made against the fires.
Smoke hangs like a pail over miles of
territory
On New Hampshire Mountains.
BERLIN. n. H, October 20.-Two dis
astrous. forest fires have been, burning in
the vicinity OF this city for four days. and
today were beyond control. 1t is esti-
mated that the immediate loss in timber
destroyed will range between $4,000 and
$75 900.
The largest fire started on Hayes noun
tain. to the eastward of this city. and
spread to a tract of heavy spruce and fir.
and today was burning in the townships
of Success and Shelburne and as far east
as the Maine state line. This fire has
devastated area ten miles long and
five miles wide.
w X. Aston Of New York. who has a
large summer estate in Shelburne; the
Berlin Mills Company, paper manufac-
turers, and George w. Blanchard & Sons
Company lumbermen. with offices at Ber-
lin and Portland. Me-, are the principal
losers.
The other fire was burning to the west
ward of the city, on Mount Forest and
Black mountain. This fire has burned
over an area of about 1000 acres. and has
at times approached within a quarter of
a mile of this city.