Show HUt H G nR 1 RACE AG O N NA COAST A 1 I f Bl Blazes zes Reach Uncontrollable Uncontrollable trolla Q e Proportions r portions Jt v Ji t fin f- f in i s 's Santa a Cr Cruz z f Hills ills f Destroyed I t tSAN I SAN C AN JOSE Cal Sept Sep 26 tJ Three forest fires are raging in the Santa Cruz mo mountains todar today today to to- day dar and nul have burned over a of acres acres of redwoods redwoods redwoods red red- woods north of the Big Dig basin The main fire Is on the headwaters o of Opal creek Fire fighters assembled from Saratoga Santa Cruz Crux Boulder creek and the mountain districts have been working desperately to surround the flames which leh jump jumped d n a a foot fifty fire firebreak firebreak break yesterday morning and leaped across the back tire fire area and gained a n. fresh tresh start POWER LINE CRIPPLED SACRAMENTO Cal Sept 26 The The main line of ot the Western States Power company through Eldorado county i 1 Is out of ot commission because o of tor forest st tires tire Two men had a narrow escape while fighting the flames flamE's near Mosquito and were badly scorched Earl G G. Ryan tore foreman an for tor the power company and Joe Leonardi Leonardl stockman were caught between the main maln f Ire fire and the back fire tire and were compelled to tomake tomake make hake their way out by plunging through burning brush 2000 FIGHT BLAZE LOS ANGELES cal Cal at Sept 26 For For Forest est st service officials here were optimistic tic Lie over the resl results achieved by more than han 2000 fire tire fighters who are battling three raging fires tIres in the Angeles national national na na- tonal forest fore t within a radius o of sixty miles of this city Following a conference conference con con- ference terence with the various rangers In charge of fighting the fire Ire R R. II Xi Charlton harlton supervisor o of the forest ores said that hat unless the wind changed the fires tires will soon be under control BURNED NEVADA EVADA CITY Cal Cat Sept 26 Two 6 Two thousand ho sand fe feet t of ot on the Southern Pacific company's line between between between be be- tween Guntner and Fulda Placer count county coun coun- t ty y were destroyed dE by a fire tire which continues continues con con- to burn briskly the tho United States forest service reports |