Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-09-17 | Page 1 | Alarming Situation on Wyoming-Colorado Line

ALARMING SITUATION ON WYOMING COLORADO LINE Fears ears That a Pearl ear an and Grand nd ran Encampment May Be e Wiped Out u by Spreading o of Forest Fires I CHEYENNE Wyo o Sept 17 A A telephone message from Grand GIant Encampment Encamp Encamp- ment nent t says the forest fire situation Is growing more alarming alarming- along the tho Wyo- Wyo Colorado suing line The rhe re residents of or Pearl Colo and Encampment rear fear that unless the tIres fires arc are soon checked checke the towns may be wiped out Tho Thu fires s are arc creeping dangerously close to the mining camps and ranching settlements and while no loss of ot life lire has his been reported It Is feared reared Isolated miners miner prospectors and sheepherders ma may get caught In the sea of or flame name sweeping over the district and perish before aid can reach then r