Salt Lake Herald | 1908-09-23 | Page 7 | Great Alarm Felt

I Great Alarm Felt 1 Now Ne r York Sept 2 Alarm is felt In iii Inmany many sections of the state because of the thu rapid spread of the big forest fires that I have beon burning b f r many man days in the th j Adirondacks A to dispatches re received reI by h the Associated As Press Pres hero here to tonight tonight I night dangerous fires are burning in som score of places and a number er of ot small f towns and summer Slimmer resorts are threatened Probably men are fighting hUn the fires fire tonight ht but the flumes flames have gotten Jotten PO so o far beyond beon control that only a drenching rain will stop them The Th more extensive densle e fires tires are nrc reported In Warren Saratoga and Essex I 58 x counties In some places thorp there has been no rain taUt to of since the middle of July Jul and the tho th woodlands have become W o dry that fire tire spreads with great crent sued It is con eon providential that there is but little littlewind wind Rivers Rivera creeks wells and springs have run dry which greatly ly handicaps n I the army ar y of fire fighters t e