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Show FLAMES IN FOREST SPREAD STEADILY SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Aug. S. Tha foreat flraa oa tba slopes of tha San Bernardino mountain range, aprsad steadily stead-ily yesterday both to tha aastward and westward. A brisk wind fanned tha flree last night. Tha Una print of a newspaper could almost be read tn tha light of the flaming pinea a mile from ths fighting line. 1 Tba width of tba lira belt Is aatlmated i by ths ranters at from three to five mllea. i Sky land and Crestline, two mountain re- sorts, are directly la tha path of tba ra. I Tha giant pines above Squirrel Inn will , be dynamited to check the flames. The force combating tha Are haa bean I In duty continuously for 41 hours with I but scant auppliea of food. For ths 1N mea employ ed there have beea but two sources of food supply frijo, from a i lumber camp aad bread and coffee from I Hot Springs. I Scores of man utterly siheuatad are struggling back to the city after having j given up. tha fight. |