The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
VILDFlRE IN MANY PLACES
TBREiTENING PLANES BORNE
ONW ARD M MARCH car.
CsstiS ne~sdracVs Damaged amt NaaS
Others Nenaeed-storn hI1g and
a-k1W 80 uSuntAln neAeans &C FtFe
woman "a, ~ NanJ FreepSrt EuomeS


oman "a, - Nany Frerpogt ISSmeS
CALpwELL. y J.. March "a ere
which swept in n narrow strip for three
miles over Caldwell Mountain IN northern
New Jersey to-day damaged four dwell
mEs and destroyed four barns In the
towns Of EAsex FeIls and Verona and
devastated considerable area % forest
The damage IL estimated at moro than
S2O.OO
Tho blaze startod whsn sparks from
q brush fire on the estate Of Charles L.
Lsaycroft a Nsw York importer living
In West Caldwell. were carried by a sixty
mile gale 10 the barn % James NJ. Bur-
rows of Brookside avenue. Essex Fells
From there the fame made their way
q quarter Of a mile 20 the livery harm
of william " ishArd james SpNer's barn
adjoining also caught fire. which spread
TO tho WiShard home and the residencs
OF hoa~ " Wiers. Hose companies
from EsseN Fells and Verona aaved the
hotses. but the barns were consumed
Meantime sparks had -, FIRE 20 the
mountain brush. Directly In the path
Of the flames lay the homes % william
spowors and Herbert \. Clark New York
buainNss men. Between these houses
stretched q narrow strip Of woods The
Ore ran along this strip of woodland and
lsfs the dwellings intact. Tho names
ate their way TO tho top OF the mountain.
where they died out for Ieck 81 fuel.
The high wind carried brands com
plctsly over the mountain and thcs"
set trc 20 the barn 81 William ri IN
Verona. on the eastern slop>. Ny thus
time ths Verona hose compeny thst had
gone Ia Esae Fells was or it, way homc.
The hre lighters came hack 10 lind work
Tor them IN their own tOwf Prom Will
lam Piers harm tho hrW~s had spread
90 th@ hous~s 20 James Sloss and A q.
Jaoobts. Thsse w-rc sayed; though
clair Zach hoJsn WIS dFna gsd ~ the
extent Of ~ least q en-. The Wishrrd
and Niors hornss suffered damsg e. esti-
mstrd "a 81 m Zach
MoRRIsrowS. y j. March - Ths-~
Wers forest fires glst beyond the CITY
tlnnIts "a all zidss Ut Morristown to-day.
Tow ard noon the flames had swept close
~ some II the costly residences on the
Oltek,Tts The automobile chemical en-
gins " "a calle.i oat shortly after ~ Clo,Ik
and " was kept IN the jump from one
side 81 the city IN the other zap tn > o'clock
this afternoon
The work had made the firemen and
Deputy Chief Day pretty hungry. ard
eibility ~ the men getting home for dinner
eert IN an order for sor0@ grub The BAGS
containing the ~aiAbles were handed out
~ the big machine raS>~d a local res
tanTaui ia way ~ the Morris County
1iolg gls!h where th~ aass.rA had s,sr=ad
o. the front and rear Lawn Of the home
Of Mas schmidt. George Panghorn. who
runs the fire apparatus. slowed down the
automobile ~ that the lunches could ne
hurried With safety into the auto Then
4 l. . "A A. a.
auto chug chugged it's siren whistle
keeping the road clear The chief opened
up the lunch. pa~aed ~ around and the
Arem~n went 20 m good style They -
toyed the meal. they said. although every
tune they opened their mouths for th"
food some barrels of wind were taken
IN also Moreover Il - said that eating
IN an auto going a. the rate ~ siAty miles
IN hour n liahle % cause acute indt gsstion.
After beating back the fire around the
Schmidt place the auto Was summoned
two mites in an opPoSita direction NJ the
town "a sherman Hill. Shere q hr~ aging
on the sidehill endangered several homes
Before these two trips the machine had
gone 20 Mill street where high grass Vas
blaftng a. a terrific rate
Lat night the auto WsDt o,It twice -
protect estates FROM fires that were burn
Ing along the mountains Up ~ Morris
Plains two miles from III. state hospital
there Wss q stretch ~ forer' ire eight
miles louS On the NAtnunG Mountain.
The STATE hospital ire brigade kept Va"
names from the hospital property
FkFI PpRI. March - ne worst hr:sh
fre IN more than fifteen yesr- -'v-rt
through the woods wing 20 tho nor IN
vest 81 this village all this afternoon
until aUndo~u. when ~ sas controlled
by the local fremen
The high and from the northwest
drove tire dare@ which originated IN e
little grove knogn a. Kissing HrCh
corner OF Pennsvl, aria ann West Randall
avenues. where Edmund Marks has =
large rezidsnC~ Mrs Marks was IN the
house with = servant about 10 o'clock
In the morning shen deils" clouds 81
smoke began 70 roll p" She ~ss unab,c
IN do ANYTHING. but a nrighbUT Mrs
George therev. came ~ er With a gar,isu
bo-e and kept the harm. vhIoh vas rho
frSt building IN the path of the flames
drenCnsd with water and al III. same
time fought back the ground rush Of .
the brush FIRE itsslf
Fir~nen came later ami VIt on the
woods fire. The fire 81 'sf -sid thai " 10
hacnt bcen tor Mrs Z h"nev's prrhmIn-
ary i.,ht IN" Marks property WO,Ild have
been burned and with that ~ n torch
and the strong wind behIud u the fire
would have swept through the Vest
Randall and RsstdenC~ parks. which
are both restricted re~Idsn'Ial sections
well built up with handsome dwellings
guarding aGaInEt a neW outbreak lslrinK
the day The town has been shrouded ~
denee smoke
NEwBUROH. March - Forest fire. a 70
burning in oil directions. doing great
damngc in the destruction % young tim
Der. Al Mount B~1cOn. IN the Pishkill .
Mount aims. the buildings On the incline
were az one time feared 10 be in danger
hut the flames were checked before reach
ing the Casino In the vicinity ~ Meadow
brook. on the Schunnemunk. acres are in
hames and the Erie Railroad people have
sent their employees To help the OWNERS
fight the fires which are thought 70 have '
besn started by sparks from a passing
locomotive
On the storm KING ~ Cornwall the FIRE
department. q the village was called nut
90 extin0uish the flames which threatsnsd
adjoining buildings On a large tract q
Woodland belonging 70 Mr.. PaEensticker .
Tho fires are unusually early this year.
due 70 the fact that the month 81 March
has been remarkably dry and warm
PAIL HEHRNER IN.II'RED J