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Show TE0PLE LEAP INTO CR-EEK. Lay in Water All Night in Order to Save Lives Victoria D C, Sept 13 There hia been no let-up to the forest flrcB llarl) this mot nlng the new hotel post-ofllcc post-ofllcc nnl etote nt Mount Stlckney wero burned to the ground In nil pirts of the district settlers arc fighting fight-ing tn save their homes nnd imps Fred Ilurllngame nrrlved here this nflernoon rrom Yirolt. Ihlrt) miles north and states tint a terrific lire has been raging In that vlclnlt) ror the past two dnjs The flrp he says la now binning In the big timber ills-tilot ills-tilot north an! east of 110011 While nsslstlng In fighting tho fl lines Ilurllngame Ilur-llngame became sunounded lij ftro and had to flee for his life He was ter rlbly burned nlmut Hie held nnd fare nnd ii.oti arrival hero vvus taken to 11 hnsplnl Twent) rnmllles have heen rendered homeless by the tcrrlblo flto which burned over a large terrltor) In tint vlclnlt) on Thttraliy nnd Frldi) Plre wns driven b) a sliong wind which appeared to move with a clreulir tno Hon and consumed ever)thlng In Its path Hull lings and rrnps of all kinds nnd mm li llvestn k were dosttoM I Tin tltp vioh so fierce In one nplgh-borhno nplgh-borhno 1 that a numl pr or families unable to make their escape, plunked Into Larnmtts creek and lav In Hu vvnter a great portion eif Thursday night In order to save IliPlr Hvps TIip flrp Ins now but tied Itself out In that Ineallti an 1 pnssi I nn lo (he north nnl post ( ondltlnns me bp-llupcl bp-llupcl to le much worse (ban jet ic-ported ic-ported In the burnt districts lemnto from teloj hone and telegraph com tnttnlcatlon nnd actual rpsulls will prnbnhlv not lp kniwn forspvpral days Millions of feet of valtiahlp Umber havp been destrn)el In addition tn nn immense im-mense amount or rami piopeil) It Is rpjnit.il tonight thnt the hotel bull lings at St Martins Springs have l on burned |