Show fORESTS ABlAZE IN INTHE INTHE THE EASTERN STATES Great Damage in Pennsylvania and West Virginia Virnia in the Oil on Regions S Pittsburg Pitts burg Pa March 25 Reports of ot serious forest fires fres are coming in from fm many sections of Pennsylvania and nd West Vest Virginia Three Thre miles ies below Parkersburg W V Va the forests f rests arc are ablaze and farmers arc are working fran Iran frantically to stop the flames fames Acres of timber and miles mies of fences have been bec destroyed and farmers faner are arc plowing the ground about houses and barns to save their their possessions Fires have broken out in forests Inthe in inthe inthe the northern norther part of this state and have destroyed much valuable timber oil oi well vell wel rigs and tanks have been de destroyed de destroyed destroyed and whole hillsides are masses mase of flames fames At Bridgeville near here the tho flames fames of a stubborn brush fire fre threatened two powder magazines in which were I stored pounds of powder and a large I quantity of dynamite Men had fought the flames fames fruitlessly until It i seemed nothing could save the magazines magaie and andton ten ton houses nearby Harry Skiles Skies a blacksmith finally I rushed to o one of the magazines smashed in a door and with the aid I of the tho fire fre fighters carried cried the explosives explosives explosives out of the danger danser zone In Kennedy and Stowe townships about ten miles mies from this city ct fires fres have been raging for hours An area area three mies miles long and two mies wide has bas been devastated of sec timber an the he I l Jims I far is estimated at Oil Ol der derricks derricks ricks tanks of crude oil oi and about feet of timber have been destroyed Many lIany laborers have haye been hired at a day to fight the fire tre by plowing the ground in the path of the flames fame The fires fres in this section are spectacular lar Four gas gs wells wels and half hal a dozen oil 01 wells wels have become ignited and arc are shooting their flames into ino the air all with wih the ing gas whistle of rush rushing rushIng rushIng |