Show BIG TREES IN DANGER Disastrous Forest Fire Is Raging in tho Tuolumne County Mountains Moun-tains California Sonora Cal June 8A disastrous forest flue Is raging In the mountains of Tuolumne county along the Tuo lumne river canyon and traveling fast southeast in the direction of the Merced Mer-ced rlyrr and the Tuolumne big 1 l trees in the vicinity of the Yosemite road The lames arc four miles wide and are defying 111 efforts of a large army oC firefighters The fire storied revcn miles from I Crockers station on the Yoscmlte road and rapidly swept to the pouth cast Soldiers have been sent out from Wawunii on the southern road to Yose mlto and will icnth the I line I of fire today to-day Ciockors station on thcYosemltc road is safe but Holden nnd Hazel Grm arc probably doomed and It is feared the Tuolumnn big trees will go In the great conflagration The tollhouse toll-house at Cranes fiat on the Yosemite roar Is reported destroyed The brush Is high and dry and the lire Is sweep ing along with fearful rapidity The report bore Is that a Government survey party under J G Hooper and D A Jones who have a contract to survey nil the unsurveyed townships I In lie high Sierras of that section built a signal ito hint night about oiui mile from Pilot PealeL prominent landmark near the summit and later covored it with dirt and returned to camp A heavy wind arose In the night and scattered the fire over the hlllrlde and gave it headway before the surveyors sur-veyors could reach it Tim I lire in I in a heavilywooded section and the destruction de-struction of valuable timber will be very great |