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Show the surcinc Teas of flawe. Awfnl ror.fit Plroa Davasta'lna- tha Timber Tim-ber Lands of Thro .Malxi. Hlntinoion, Pa., May ill. Over 4i'K) acres of valuable timber land are allatue within a radius of seven miles of tins place, and in distant parts of tbe county woodlaud is being swept away lo an alarming extent, j'hu mountain tires are beyond human control and can only be extinguished by a rainfall. The farmers in tno whole burning district dis-trict have sustained irreparable Tosses to lending and hundreds of acres of growing grain is ruined. Many farm buildings are threatened. Bellekontk," Pa., May 13. The damage dam-age dona by forest lires raging throughout the county has been euor-j inous. All along the Buffalo l!un railroad rail-road the lire bus burned miles and miles of flue orchards and valuable standing and cut timber. Much farm property is destroyed. The losses will run into hundred of thousands of i dollars. KOHSST FIRES J V MICHIGAN. Baldwin, Mich., May 13. Tbe forest fires are not yet under control. Thorap-eonviile Thorap-eonviile is threatened, but the citizens I are doing everything possible to prevent pre-vent the town lrom burning. The towns along the line of the Frankfort Frank-fort and Southeastern are in danger from lires which are reported along the entiro road. The lires west of Manistee Junction are out and no more danger is feared in that direction. A number of people from the burned districts have asked railway cars for transportation to places where they have friends, as they were not able to -sve tiioro than toe elotMog which they wore. - CfiEBOYfiA.v, Mich., May 13. Forest tiri-i are doing considerable damage in ihe inierier. Much property 4 destroyed," des-troyed," Including -barua, aneea and sta'ndiug timber. Unless rain soon comes the damage will be great. The city is wrapped in a dense smoke and Mackinack straits are so densely overhung over-hung with smoke as to seriously impede the progress of all boats. Several hamlets ham-lets are in danger. Detkoit, May 13. Clinton, Claire. Waikerville and Oceana, towns of KHiO inhabitants each, are added to the list of those burned -by the forest lires. In each case the destruction of the homes of the inhabitants was accompanied by a heavy loss to the lumber linns having saw mills at the places named. Dun TH, May 13. Forest fires ate raging in every direction near here, and f;reat damage is being done. The Dumb Du-mb lire department was called to Lester Les-ter park aud had hard work to save the place from destruction It is reported re-ported that much farm property is destroyed des-troyed and more in danger. Boo Rapids, May 13. At Beyer Station, three miles from here, a tract of laud six miles long and three miles wide has been burned over. WISCONSIN OKOVES in flames. West Superior, Wis., May 13. Fanned by a strong wind, tha forest tires near this city are gradually encroaching en-croaching upon the suburbs. Today's tires in the neighborhood of Superior assumed formidable shape and several hundred people fought the flames yesterday yes-terday afternoon. Fires are burning at many points along the Omaha road. IN THE NEW JKliSKT PINES. AstU'RY Park, N. J., May 13. A bi? fire started today in the pine woods back of Asbury Park, and is spreading rapidiy tjvanVVest Klberon aud Long Branch. |