Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-05
DREST FIRE ON
MOUNTAIN RANGE
/ SET BY HUNTERS
lanes Travelling from SILVIA
ter Will Spread to Lake
Owassa.

special to the Evening Star.
NEWTON, Nov. 5.--The deer hunt
$rs have set the Beardhali deer patch
aire and the Blue Ridge mountains
are burning from saltwater, five miles
nprth, with the flames travelling at
4 2 rate which surely will carry them
g the gap at Lake Owassa before
tney can be checked. The Ere started
yesterday morning and the 100 noun
8aineers who live in that section have
been driven before it. This morning
fifty men went up from Branchville to
help them, but it is seven miles from
The northern edge Of the fire to the
gap and by tonight the entire section,
doubtless, will be afiame.
Last night the glare from the fire
III up this entire neighborhood.
In previous hunting seasons about
Two or three deer have been shot In
the Beardhall patch, but this fall fully
100 hunters have gone in, and the fire
SO far has driven at least twenty-five
deer into the open. One of them, 9
2a0-pound buck, was shot yesterday
by Earl Lanterman. who lives In
FREEDOM township. and before the fire
started 200 pound buck was shot by
Arthur Pittenger near Swartswood
Lake.
TRENTON. Nov. 5 (SpeciaD.-Foi-
lowing conference between Govern
or Fielder, State Geologist Kummel
and State Forester Gaskill. held in
q the executive offices here today, an
appeal was issued to all in the woods
OF the State, and particularly the
hunters. to exercise great care to the
ind that the forest fires that at pres
eHt are raging In several sections of
the State may be extinguished and
that new ones will not be given q
start.
The Governor has received numer-
GUS reports that forest fires are burn
Ing, particularly In Warren county
and in some portions Of South Jersey.
he received telegram yesterday
from Charles C. WoFthington, advis-
ing him OF the vast extent OF the fire
and asking for assistance. The mat
ter was referred to State Forester
Gaskill and reports received by tile
latter from State Fire Warden. VIII
bur disclosed the fact that the fires
had been caused by the negligence of
hunters and gunners.
At today's conference it was de-
cided to appeal to the people of the
State as a warning OF the destrue-
lion and disaster that might result II
these eenfiagrations should continue
to break out. The appeal reads as
follows: "Because of the drought that
late summer and fall the possibilities
Of fire in all wooded sections of the
state are much greater than usual.
The possibilities of fire under such
circumstances are ever present, but
the hazard Is greater because of the
presence of many gunners at this sea-
son, when the law permits cunning.
Several large and dangerous fires are
now raging in Warren and Sussex
counties. Several smaller fires are
raging in South Jersey. All of these
fires seem to have been started by
careless hunters The flre wardens In
all sections of the State have been
very busy. but have, succeeded in
controlling the situation until the
present. 1t has been necessary to APP
peal for help, and through the CO.
operation with the New York, Sus-
quehanna and Western railroad and
the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern railroad four hundred men are
now on the fire lines.
att is hoped that this force OF mon
will succeed in extinguishing the
fires very soon. No reports of es-
pecially dangerous fires have been
made from South Jersey, though a
large part of the forest fire force is
In service. The situation is critical
and cannot be entirely relieved until
after rain falls, but the starting of
new fires can be prevented through
the observance of such care as the
extremely dry condition of all vsge-
tation makes imperative, We, there-
fore, urgently VAIN everyone who
may be in the woods and particularly
hunters, to exercise great care that
a fire is not started and thus avoid
tn disastrous consequence of q fire
which may go beyond the control of
the force that might be raised to
fight the same and result in great
lof of property and perhaps lives.''