| Show 1 E SWEEPING SAN FRANCISCO'S BIG PLAYGROUND ce 5 ce of 3 Men Mel Fighting lames Flames on Three Sides of Mount T Tamalpais malpais a t f t t t GRI GRI-AT GRI AT SEQUOIAS G. G t tI I Mill 11 Volley Valley Cal Jul July 9 For Forst For For- st St tire Ir Ire fighters who made their way ay sy down the southern slope of I Bunt Tamalpais tonight ex- ex reseed the belief belle that the Muir uh 9 OO the forest of ot f plant giant s sequoia In n a national park were Whey They he said that when when- 9 they hey he loft left the vicinity of ot the forest t the he the flames James had rench reached d the edge odge Tf f the tho big trees and a a. number of ot skirting skirting- the grove had hadeen f 4 eon een destroyed t t M H M M 4 4 14 H. H N FRANCISCO Tul July 9 Mount Mount Ta- Ta A A. landmark of ot California the playground and park of all thees the los es 8 clustered ai about out San Francisco r 0 Is burning fiercely tonight on onree ree gee o sides toward three suburbs B By Bya y a mantle mantIe of white smoke floating borne nd-borne borne fl-borne across s the bay a reaming earning scarf has cloak cloaked d the rs 11 of ot the mo mountain but at night the fl fb from Its glowing glowing- flanks Is tinted tilted on the tho skies and Its contours e limned in fire against the black- black 55 s. s Each h morning has hns brought deceptive that danger was past but buth h afternoon tho summer trade trades hide s pressing st steadily In from the whipped the flames lames before belore em Into A. A armies A that leaped u om our rim rim to run rim o OL of OLno the no steep canyons ross oss trenches laboriously hewed and through h the tho underbrush and to tr fresh frosh sh timber on the far side Ido of or r r res B s burned bare by backfires Caress Care- Care ss BB campers campen are blamed Three reo thousand soldiers sailors nat nal na na- na- na l t R apprentices forest rangers ranger militia militia- eh en en and volunteer cI civilians are en- en as firefighters In all an the territory women omen have almost as hard a as the men eking oking rations night and da day Shops e closed and business is at a a. stand- stand ill in Great Imminent In ln co command man Is Col George Georgo Bell of ot oto o 0 Sixteenth Infantry U U. S S. A A. A a assist assist- b by District Chief Dubois of the toted d States forestry service and C Runyon on president of the Mount Ta Ta- scenic raUn-a raUn railway Thus far there then theres s s been no loss of or lIfo life and ana little dame dam dam- e to private ate property though th damage Is enormous and ent nt I Mount Tamalpais rises from the nort norO d de ol ot San Francisco ba bay Easy access suburban electric end ferry terr- service services s mado made populous with wealthy resl- resl nt and commuters t rs a string of vil- vil and cities In the foothills Every Even end eek-end swarms of holiday hikers bIkers om am om San Francisco Francieco thread the thou- thou iid trails Tourists from all nIl o over r the aro are familiar with the ascent r rail ran to the summit In in the deep ravines scored d by erosion do Ile thick groves of giant sequoias the ost beautiful of or which have been con- con r cd In a a. na national park parle named d the Mir Woods for John MuIr the natural natural- t 1 while tho the br broad breast of the moun- moun in ln Is Ig fuzzy with bay and laurel chap chap- ral and scrub oak For two days dayse c e fire fhe charged through this brush to the topmost peak whore where It but did not consume Tamal- Tamal ale ala ls tavern and West Point Inn a Bt step p down n Fire Eats Ent n nto to S See Sen ft Today roday the fire tIre ate its lt way war to the thea ea a and into the tho redwoods at the head f ff f. f two ivo canyons on the east and north ide of tho the mountain leading to the of Mill MUI Valley Corto Corta Madera ladera and Firs Fire at nt the edge of Muir was temporarily at least t under on Bh canyon leading to Mill acY alley Is lined with country places he Ie most exposed of or these Is 15 the beau- beau ful tul estate l known no as ns the Gardon Garden of or halt llah own owned d b by Ralston T Lovell White nd valued at This after- after oon the garden seemed doomed ToIght ToIght To- To Ight there re was t hope of ot saving caving It Not of ore morning will Its fate fato bo be known Tho night winds and the night bursts lUnts f fury run have shown th themselves the ost mat dangerous Reliance saving ill Valley and the other towns lies Hes tonight on a 1 trench vary vary- ig g in WIdth from 65 to feet teet which i is hoped will stem the fire from ether progress toward Baltimore and canyon can Once SOnco the canyons arc aro fairly ablaze ti twill will take superhuman work to save sae he habitations at their mouths FI Flee e from Homes Home All residents In the fire the area in- in the 1600 Inhabitants of or Mill Bailey alley and the hundreds of ot others hose rhose homes are scattered along the malpas canyons canons were warned early night to seek safety In flight and Ith them a small army arms of ot sojourners tired down from the summer Bummer camps campI camp- camp s I r districts Burt superintendent of ot the III Valley VaHey Water rater company compan came camo down downe downie ie e mountain mo tonight and reported that of ot cottages cottage around tho the Mull Muir had been destroyed Many tany fh fire In that section including a of or soldiers are cut off orf from to lC ic valley but are not bell believed eyed to 10 be bej j danger I |
