New-York tribune., 1908-09-24
FOREST FIRES CHECKED
Situation In Adirondacks Much I'M
proUed-POor Deer Season.

North Creek, N. 7. Sept. 3.-After days or
ceaseless battling with the forest fires, which nave
been destroying thousands of acres OF tfmoeriano
throughout the Adirondacks and which threat
ened TO spread to villages and summer resort
places, the army OF fire fighters tonight succeeded
in checking the more serious fires, ana the STU
alton is greatly improved.
When 1t was realized some days ago that tne
fires could not be put out controlled by the IN
adequate apparatus and material on hano' 'he
volunteer fire fighters turned their attention 10
checking the sppead of the flames. Wide trenches
dug and belts of timber were cut down around
the burning forests, and in many places the nre
reached these breaches tonight. and, owing to
the fact that the wind was very light. the flames
did not leap across the bare patches, but died
down Had there been heavy wind the narrow
belts and trenches would not have stopped the
flames
Few of the fires have been extingushed. how
ever and there is still great danger. II the wind
should freshen all the heroic efforts or the nre
fighters will have gone for nothing. Some OF
the old fires that were believed to have been con-
quered have broken out anew, but no alarm is
felt from them as there is little material for the
flames to feed
Estimates received to-day from the supervisors
of all the towns here indicate that twenty
thousand acres of timber have been burned, ana
that the fires In this region extended over radius
Of thirty miles. There are many other fires at a
distance from here the biggest being in Essex
Countyz near the towns of North Hudson and MO-
riah. Supervisor John Carson estimates that elsht
thousand acres of timber have been burned there
There are also fires in Hamilton County, the more
serious ones being near Tod Pond, twenty miles
south of here
The banks Of smoke hung so thckly over this
section that in some villages 1t was impossible TO
see across the streets This especially true or
Indian Lake village but the fires near there nave
been somewhat checked. Trains from Saratoga and
other cities greatly delayed, as railroading Is
rendered dangerous by the smoke
Albany, Sept 2s-The forest fires in the Adron-
dacks all under control. according 10 state
ment to-day by Colonel William F. Fox. State su-
phone with Chief Fire Warden Emmons. who is at
Lake Placid. Mr.. Emmons reported that the nre IN
the vicinity of Lake Placid had been checked.
so long as the dry weather continues, said COLO
mel Fox fires are likely to spring up at any time
so we'll organized, however that unless the WIND
springs up our men will be able to keep the situa-
ton in hand A brisk wind might put the fires be-
yond control"
Malone ". Y. Sept. 23.-This promises to be the
poorest season for deer in the Adirondacks In the
memory of hunters. The forest fires and continued
drouth have so dried the underground that hunters
cannot enter the woods without making consider
able noise and with the lack of wind that mas
lasted for many days the fantest sound Is carrier
for great distances. the cracking OF t"lg Some
times being heard half mile away Ihe oeef
season has been open for ten days and only
two dead deer have been brought into Malone. Re
ports from all parts of ST. Lawrence County show
that only four deer have been reported killed.