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Show BIG TREES IN DANGER. Disaatroue Torest Flro Is Raging In Uio Tuolumne County Mountains, Moun-tains, California. Sonorn, Cat Juno 5S disastrous forest lire Is raging In tho mountains of Tuolumne county along the Tuolumne Tuo-lumne river eanson snd traveling fast southeast In the dlreUlon of Ihe Merced Mer-ced river and the luoliimue big trees In the vli lulls of the Yoseinlte roul The 11 inns are four miles wl In and nro defsltiff all i lions of a lirga army of lire-fighters The tire started seven miles from Crocker stitlon, on the 'osemlle roul mid rapidlj swept to the south oast Soldiers have been sent nut from Wnwenii on tho southern rnid to nse-mlte nse-mlte nml will tiiuh ihe lino of Urn t.i-das t.i-das Cio ki r s stnttnu on the J osemlto roa 1 Is safe but Hidden und llnzel Gieen in prnlublj d mined, and It Is feured the Tuolumne big trees will go In the emit inntl ignition The tollhouse toll-house nt Crimes Hal on tho osemlle rnid Is leinrlrd ibstiojed The brush Is high and drj und the lire Is sweeping sweep-ing nlong with fearful rapidity. The repoit here Is that a Gnvirnment surves parts under J G Hooper und D A .Inues, who have n contract to surves nil the unsurvejed townships In IJie high Sierras of that section, built a slkiial the last night about one mile from Pilot Peak a I lomlni nt Inndmirk near tho summit, and liter loveieil It with dirt mil returned to cninp A heivj wind niose In the nlRhl nnd scnttered Ihe lire over the hillside and gave It heulwaj before the sur-vejors sur-vejors could nnih It The lire Is In a henvlly-wonded sicllon. nnl tho do-striictlnn do-striictlnn of valuable timber will bo very gient. |