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Show THREE CITIES IN PATH OF BLAZE 2000 Men Fighting Forest Fire In California; 6000 Acres Burning OAKLAND, Cal . July 27. Firemen from here nnd from surrounding towns, together with forest rangers early todaj were directing two thousand thou-sand men in fighting a destructive forest fir. r.ifring at the base of MoUnt Diablo in Contra Costa county. coun-ty. Telephone messages said the fire was sweeping over an area of 6000 ucrc6. with shifting winds carrying It on all sides of the mountain. At last reports no farm houses had been destr 1 but farmers hi tho region expressed the belief that hundreds hun-dreds of cattle had perished. The towns of Concord. Clayton and Danville Dan-ville were threatened by the flames. ! . kgents of these towns remained awake all night ready to move outj with their belongings if the fire ap-1 preached Every available means was beiig used to combat the flames. Water was hauled through the fields in sleds and wagons and back firing was re-sorted re-sorted to At midnight Tiro Chief Sam Short of Oakland left for the scene' with 20 men and four pieces ,,r apparatus reinforcing a battalion, Chief, who had gone early In the c v-uing. Tho fire had covered more) than 16 miles The glow was visible on San Francisco bay and for a distance dis-tance of 0 miles 00 |