Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-16 | Page 5 | Forest Fires in Wyoming

FOREST FIRES IN WYOMING. Seventeen Burning; In Various Farts of tho State. Chejenne, Wjo, Sept. 15 According to tho lateat reports there ore at lensl seventeen forest fires burning In Wjo-mlng. Wjo-mlng. some of them of gigantic proportions propor-tions There are five or more In Fremont Fre-mont count, three In southern Albany county, three In tho Hrnud Imrnmp-ment Imrnmp-ment country, one In icntrnl Ulnli county, two In the Inrksnii Hole roun-trs, roun-trs, one In the Shoshr.ne reseiviitlnn one In Ihe Hlg Horn mountains nnd one nn the Cray Hull river In addition n great timber und brush Hie la burning In Natrona cnuntj Of these llres that ubout the headwater of lhe I.lillo and lllg l'opmgle rivers In Fremont cemntv Is the gic.ileet, hnvlng nlready buinc 1 ovei ino miles nf Hmberlnnl Those In Albmy county are rapl.ll rpiendlng end tlirenten the i.inpertj nf many ml nlng compinlea 'lhe lire on (Iras Hull river list week nearlj destroyed the famous l'alette lanch, owned hj A A Anderson, the Now York artist and which la the outing hendquirtera for many of Hit New York Ilohenilan set