New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
FIRES UNDER CONTROL
COLONEL FOX SAYS SO.
Declares Many Reports in This State
4re Exaggerated.

Albany Sent 2,-Colonel William f. Fox.
state superintendent of forests, stated to-night
that. while reports were being received oaliy OF
new forest fires. they were all practically unoer
control Fire patrols are being maintained In
various sections Of the Adirondacks. and the nre
wardens are being employed day and night
AS long as the present drouth continues we
are certain 10 hear Of fires starting in the
mountains" said Colonel Fox Although many
fires have broken out we have them under con-
troll The reports Of the fires and the Damage
done are exaggerated This is especially true Oh
the reports from North Creek The only repOTlS
we have OF fires in that vicinity are at Mlllnrook-
Warren County. and Hadley, Saratoga county
our men have notified that they are unoer
control We need rain badly
Colonel Fox regards the fire reported near Big
Crooked Lake. in the Beaver River territory as
the most threatening. The fire is believed TO be
IN the midst of wilderness, and may cause
great damage to state timber. Colonel FOX mas
ordered the fire warden 20 take force OF fneJ
into the woods with blankets and provisions ana
to remain until rain falls. 1t is believed the olaze
was started by careless hunters, as TIE hre Is
some miles from settlement or camp
During the day Colonel Fox received a telegram
from a member Of the New York Stock Exchange
who has cottage near Lake Placid, stating fnat a
threatening fire had broken out on Mount Mchen-
zie two miles from White Face Inn 1t was re-
rorted that the fire was spreading toward the west
shore 10 Lake Placid. Chief Fire Warden Emmons
was ordered TO go from Tupper Lake to the scene
Of the fire Word was received late tonight from
Lake Placid that the fire some distance from
there. and under control. The fire, it was
stated vzs confined to an old slash that had been
previously burned over
Colonel Fox had expected TO go TO North Creek
to-day but owing to change in the schedule Of
trains remained in Albany.
Plattsburg N y, Sept. 22-Only the absence Of
wind for the last few days has saved the northern
slope OF the Adirondacks from being swept by tne
forest fires which have been burning In separated
portions Of this wide territory.
Much damage has already been done by the fires
sn this territory. Two small buildings near the
Parkhurst shaft the Delaware & Hudson Com
ranys iron mines at Lyon Mountain. were burned
this afternoon. The fire Ralph's Hotel, on
Upper Chateaugay Lake. is getting dangerously
close 10 the hotel. An east wind tomorrow would
probably destroy the building. Fred Chases hotel
at Loon Lake is in the centre Of district in
which there are several had fires. none OF which,
however is nearer than two miles from the hotel
A big fire is raging in the northern part OF TINS
county all the way from two miles north OF
Altoona distance south of Sciota- Ihou-
sands OF cords of pulp wood and hundreds or
cords Of frewood have been destroyed. one nun
dred men and twenty-five teams were engaged IN
fighting the fire to-day near Sciota- Several fine
maple sugar groves have been destroyed
A big fire Is reported tonight at North Hudson
Essex County: fifty thousand acres Of forest Iand
are reported ahlaze in the Nortn 0reeh @ + RIIs
Mountains. while big fires are said TO be purnlng
in the neighborhood of Lake PLACID ana ID upper Upper
Lake At many Of these latter places the TeSoi'
hotels said 10 be in danger
Washington. Sept. Pr W ] MCGEE. of the
Geological Survey, who has returned TO this city
after a visit 10 the Adirondacks. states that con-
eraive estimate of the damage being done in that
section by the forest fires is $1,OOooeO day.