Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-03
FOREST FIRE
SPREADING
California And Colorado
Areas Are Damaged
By Big Blazes

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-tP9-
More homes in the vicinity of Mill
Valley were endangered today by
the fire which reduced a part of
the picturesque little city to ashes.
Flying embers started new fires
among the homes of Cascade Can
yon, on the slope Of Mount Tam
alpais, and along Corte MADEIRA
ridge, west Of the canyon.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-(P)-
A fire which cut a wide Swath
through the residential section of
Mill Valley, across the bay, and
RACED many beautiful summer
homes in the wooded canyons near
by, was brought under control to-
day but continued to burn upward
on the slope of Mount Tamalpais.
The extent of the loss remained
undetermined but unofficial esti-
mates ranged from 100000 to ST.
00O,0 Fire department estimates
indicated that about 200 homes, in
Guiding several that contained cost
ly art and literary collections, were
destroyed.
William Thomas, assistant man
ager of the Mount TamalpaiS and
Muir Woods railway, was reported
missing.
The fire broke out yesterday on
the slope Of Mount Tamalpais,
about 3 IA miles from the down.
town district. Sweeping down the
mountain it roared through Blythe
dale canyon. Soon it was menacing
the business district. Mayor Adolph
Eberhart of Mill Valley appealed to
outside towns for help.
Soldiers from the preside of San
Francisco, part of the San Fran
cisco fire department, firemen
from a half dozen neighboring
towns and organized volunteers re-
Sponded. Soon 1000 men were
fighting the flames. Mill Valleys
water supply dwindled until it was
Of little help. Several chemical
engines were brought into play.
Banks and business houses va
Gated downtown buildings when it
appeared the fire would reach the
business district. Money and goods
were removed to places Of safety.
Many families already had lost
their homes and personal property
and others moved their household
effects.
Mill Valley is the summer home
of many wealthy San Franciscans.
DENVER, Colo, July 3.5(P)-
Forests as dry as finder and yell
low pasture lands have transform
ed timber and range acres in this
section Of the west into natural
fire traps. A ban on campfires has
been imposed by Allen S. Peck. dis
trict forester in an effort to dimin-
ish the fire hazard.
Peck's order, affecting five states,
said an emergency" existed, due
to continued dry winds and lack
Of moisture.
Frequent forest fires have alarm
ed forestry officials repeatedly dur
ing the last few weeks and forces
of fire fighters have been recruited
to stem the tide of flames sweep
ing through hundreds Of acres of
timber in Colorado.
The ban on camp fires in the
national forests will be effective on
hundreds of thousands of acres in
Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Oklahoma.
A forest fire approximately so
miles southwest of Denver, near
the watershed of one of the city's
reservoirs, last night had not been
brought under control.
SAN JOSE, Cal, July 3.-(P)-
Mountain fires in the Santa Clara
valley burning today were describ-
go as the worst in recent years by
work of 500 men On two fronts.
Starting yesterday in the Santa
Cruz mountains near Alma, more
than 1000 acres of timber and
grazing land were destroyed by
flames. which for a time threaten
ed many summer homes. This fire
was brought under control after
four residences were destroyed.
Another fire at Morgan Hill,