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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 





dollars' worth of property in that neigh- 

 borhood. At night the light from the tire 

 could be seen twenty miles away. Owners 

 of surrounding farms were compelled to 

 summon help to fight the flames. 



Pennsylvania. During the second 

 week in November two sections of York 

 County were swept by one of the most de- 

 structive forest fires in the history of the 

 State. 



This is the fourth time within a year 

 that a part of this timberland has been 

 visited by fire, and in these places the work 

 of destruction is complete. The burned 

 district covers an area of five square miles, 



followed the roadbed closely for a l< 



distance. 



Near Altoona, Pennsylvania, I 

 drove wild animals almost up to the 

 limits. 



A forest fire, early in November, men- 

 aced the southern end of the citj 

 McKeesport. For a whole day a bu 

 brigade fought the flames hack fi 

 handsome residences of Grandview PI 

 Then the citizens gave up and the ( it} fire 

 department was called out. Until mid- 

 night the men of No. 3 Company foughl 

 an up-hill battle. An hour later they had 

 won and went hack to the engine house. 

 It was their most unique experiem 



FIRE BURNING ALONG A FALLEN LOG. 



extending about a mile and one-half along 

 the Susquehanna River and back into the 

 hills for more than three miles. The fire 

 burned so fiercely that during the night 

 the reflection showed plainly at Mount Joy* 

 six miles away. A small army of men 

 worked to extinguish the fire but the high 

 winds made their work an almost hopeless 

 task for some time. 



About three miles south of Laurel Run, 

 an extensive forest fire raged along the 

 Lehigh Valley Railroad for three or four 

 miles. The flames did not spread a great 

 distance from either side of the track, but 



The fire stalled in the woods between 

 the southern c\u\ of the cit) and the 

 borough of Versailles and soon thr< 

 ened Grandview Place, one of the fit 

 residence sections of the city. 



The region is timbered with a 

 growth of Chestnut, < )ak,and Be< 

 of the trees are large, but th< 

 undergrowth kept the fire burning men 



Miles Of fences weie bun 

 flames even reached the llOUS< I 

 e fire destroyed an enormous quai 



valued at many th 



The men of the region, 



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