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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 





Virginia. Early in November it was 

 learned in Roanoke, that forest fires were 

 raging along the slope of the mountains in 

 Tazwell County between Graham and Flat 

 Top yards. Owing to the falling leaves 

 and absence of rain for several weeks, the 

 flames made great headway. The moun- 

 tain was at one time covered by a sheet of 

 flames, and a vast amount of pine timber 

 and fences have been burned or ruined. 

 The flames crossed from one side of the 

 railroad and river to the other at numer- 

 ous places. 



Ohio. Forest fires caused considerable 

 damage to farmers near Arcadia, hist 

 month. Three disastrous fires have been 

 reported from this section. 



New York. A forest fire broke out on 

 Luzerne mountains in the Adirondack 

 region one day in November and Fire 

 Warden Roach had a large gang of men 



wood h of the railn 1 [slip, 



Long Kland, ami wa^ driven by tin 

 north wind toward tin- \ illage. It 

 rapidly, and when it reached a small ham- 

 let half a mile to the north, ti.< 

 turned out in force to fight tl ind 



succeeded in starting a back lire and hi 

 ing off the main blaze. B the tin 



and efficient work of the fire fight 

 hamlet would undoubtedly have been 

 wiped out. 



Illinois. It was learned from dis- 

 patches sent out from St. Louis, on No- 

 vember 17th, that foresl fires war,- rag 

 in the vicinity of Ked Bud and Alt" I' 

 Illinois. North of Ked I hid the wo 

 along the Black Creek and Richland Creek 

 bottoms caught lire and the farmer- ol the 

 region were compelled to fight the flames 

 to save their homes. 



Farm property in the vicinity of Alto 

 Pass was greatly endangered by forest * 



EFFECTS OF A FOREST FIRE, BIG BROOK, WHITNEY PR] 



working all night to prevent it from spread- which burned in the timbe. 



k/ About 500 acres were burned of that place. Dense sm, 



ing. auoui 5 uu whole territory. The town people tui 



V Early in the month a fire broke out in the out in response .0 a call for help f, 



