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Show THE FOREST FIRES. A r.illiwnr lldircrn Ht. Loutt Jtlter nl Like Superior, from Tvro to Twtnly Miles Hide. A PAlSCNOCn THAIN DELAYED SEVERAL HOURS. Tito Totrns of a Thousand Inhabitant I Laili HntrojcJ. rr Jersey B Wood Aldsie, a B lT Tatectapli la lbs Xswi.l Tilt: iinta. I A Train Sle,,e.l,-rw .Mere Town I Vi3iT Hupkkiuii, Wl., May IX i Fire have mowed a patliway from the f HI. Lout river to the south shorn of LkoHuikr, extending overaterrl- H lory from two lo tsventy tulle 111 i width. The danger Improperly launot SI tatslluiated. as the bulk ot tho lose 1 wilt rist In thu standing plnoilcstroyed I and log cut und reauy for the saw II Over UK) timare mile of virgin forest have Isrcn utterly destroyed, and one logging llrm nuts their loss at $3ou,07J lu standing timber. 'j A TIIAIN IlKI.VVhll. $ Hr. l'AUI, May 13. The through J sasri-ngtrtraluUChlcaguwaBUrU)ed 1 several hours by flro near Hawthorne last night. At that point the roar of H the tlsiuisi at 8 o'clock wss terrific, aud M the Urn wn making directly for Ihu trestle bridges. Crowds of men fought the lire and hy a lucky chaugeof wind H turned It lu another direction. He- tun today from Ihu vicinity of the lire state that there Is no further danger I to the railroad properly. There Is ap- prehension, however, or a rurther out- B lirrak. I The train illapatchtr nf the Ht. l'aul I it Duluth nielvi-d word by wire this i morning that a flru was raging fiercely i In tho vlclnlcyof the Northern l'jclllo I Juuctlcii. Carlton county. Hurrln- I tuiident I'eiiulnglon, or the ".Sou" re- 1 lairlfl that while thero have been nil- ? nieroua fire along the line, from 10J ( mile east or Mlimcai-ullt to Ihu "Hoo," i they are ractlcally oxllugulthod now. I towns iintTiiovi:!). I DhTlwlT, May 13, Clinton, G'lstrei I county, aud Walkervllle, Oceania H county, town of HXklluhabllaulteach, 9 nru added to the Hit of those burned by thu forct lire. In each case thn destruction de-struction uf Hie burnt or the Inhabitant Inhabit-ant waaaccuini-ahlcl by heavy lou to the lumber llrm having iwmllla lu the place named. Thu Ices to these firm on building, etc., amount tu uver HW,tKW. lu addition to thl an amoiiul not easily reckoned was lost lit thu destruction of forests. At present theru Is little hope that the fire can toon to staid and thu entire lumber district of feu r or II ve counties lies at Its mercy There has been little ralu this eAou and thu country I In tho same condition condi-tion a wheu dtvasttsi lu lot!. not yct UMuatii oo.tTnou IlAl.nwiN, Mich., May 13, The forest Urea are not yet under control, Thoni.unvllIe Is thrtaleued, but the citizen are doing everything joislblo to provent the town front tiurntug. The town along the line of the Frankfort Frank-fort & Southeastern are lu danger front fire, which aro reported along thu en- I tire road, 1 IN Tin: I ink woods. I Ainitnv l'Ain;, N, J May 13. A I big II ro started today In the pine woodi I back or Asbury I'arlcani Is spreading I rspldly toward Wist Hlberou and I Ijjng llranch. H |
