Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-15
Thirty Thousand Dollars DAM
age Done by Ugly Blaz
Which DevaStates $4,000
Acres on sitgreaves Forest.
FIRE FIGHTERS RIDE so
MILES IN "a HOURS
Forty Men Labor Night and
Day to Conquer Great Con-
flagration Thirty Miles in
Circumference.

The story OF = strenuous and stub
born fiGhT against forest IRE evhlch
rNged over $4,000 acres and did dam-
age 20 the extent Of about $780, OO is
that brought back from the sllsreaves
National forest OF Arizona. in the
Third district By Assistant District
Forester n. q. Pooler. II Is a story
which includes an eighty-mIle gallup
from Snowflake. Arizona. by dozen
rangers 10 - hours over rough coun-
try. night and day struggle amid
sizslIng heat and acrid blandlng
smoke 10 drive back fierce flames
which. driven by high winds often
leaped hundreds OF feet at a time. Az
high as forty men, including assl1t-
ants from ranches and COW camps
were engaged for many dayn trying 20
head on the fire and tho entire ex-
penso to the service In extingulshIng
the blaze was about $500.
Putting out the fire. which had a
circumference Of some 30 miles, was
made tho more difficult by the fact
that the scarcity OF rain had made
things extremely dry aud that tho
sheep had not yet been brought In 10
this district. the chevuion dietrint, OF
the forest for their gfnxils. ahd be-
cause only from fiftoen On eighteen
ranchera reside In the whole district
The Gre vas started By lightning
aud because Of the sparsoly settled ma
ture Of the country would have swept
an enormous area but for the forest
service organization and the fact that
seventy miles % telephone line have
been installed Ia this region by tho
government In the past year.
The aitgreayos forest u sa3.TzO acres
IN extent and the density OF the TIM
ber isrlndlc8ted BY tho fast thai half
a million dollars worth stood on the
burned area. the total loss being COM
parailvcly small In proportion a. the
aggregate Of standing timber. A fow
caiilcmen Joined tho forest service
employees Ia tho night although Il n
said one large outflt that could have
furnished a dozen men failed 70 do
90.
Delay In reporting the firo result.
ed from curious incident. The
lookout who climbed with hls spiked
climbers 10 tho top of lao foot tres
20 take hla daily reconnaissance saw
and reported lre on the Coeonlno
forest, adjoining on June Z. Direct
- In line WITH thls IRE was the smoke
from tho ineiplenf oonfIaafAllon on
the sitBrssUaa. which smoke appeared
10 30 a part 81 that from the Coco
nlno and II was not until the next day.
June 8, that the lockout telephoned
In he report og his own nre which by
that time VAS we'll under way.
The first report came N 70 tina
ranger station nt .. m. and next
mornlne AZ o'clock force Of nre
fiahicrn WAS ON the SCENE, the AID 81
a few local residents being secured
June 10. after the rangers had been
nahtnH desperately night and day 20
head 0n tho blaae. 4 call for help wa
cent IL 10 Snowflake and supervisor
JENNINGS 81 the nltgreages With Mf'
poolor and dozen rangers Hntulf
aadtiad 40 and Init the ifali"--nna I
very rouah trail al thni-iof the hfoI
making me eighty miles ~ "A houFn
arriving "a four n me evening, oAfluN
a hnass lunch. eIafllnn q work and
eating nolhIne anlIN Ntll into fhl
neNi 1aY. An that nINIlh 81 che nNt|
aas ana 90 shh neat night mo Iliiii
force worked Without fest Tho ~