Show Carnegie Observatory Is L Free From Fire Menace SAN FRANCISCO Aug 25 CAP AP The The famed Carnegie observatory observatory- on the top of ot Mt Wilson north of ot Pasadena in the Sierra Madre range was free from the of ot fire today A blaze which burned forty acres of ot brush near the Mt lIt Wilson toll tollhouse tollhouse tollhouse house and came dangerously near the observatory In which some of ot the most Important of ot astronomical cal al discoveries have hae been made was controlled last night after a desperate desper desper- ate hour fight tight In which a number of fire-fighters fire were overcome overcome overcome over over- come with smoke and heat An Inquiry Into the cause cause- of ot the fire was launched at once From Irom one source it was reported that the blaze was started accidentally by a troop of ot Boy Scouts while from an an- other source It was stated that It was Caused by the spontaneous action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion on wet lime in a barn In northern California another fire that threatened widespread damage also had been brought under control Starting in Buck valley I Plumas county it spread rapidly through fallen timber and brush I and forced residents of ot the village of Toll Gate aate to flee with their household goods The village was saved when the flames were checked ch by firing back-firing operations Two uncontrolled fires are burnIng burnIng burning burn- burn Ing in the Tahoe national forest and another is burning north of ot Susanville While the flames are destroying no Improved property much valuable timber Is being burned |