1902. 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



189 



Pennsylvania, During the last week 

 in April there were many serious forest 

 fires in the central part of this state. 

 Near Sinnemahoning two men lost their 

 lives in a forest fire, while at Clinton- 

 dale one life was lost, and the fire also 

 destroyed ten houses, a church, and a 

 school-house. In the vicinity of Haney- 

 ville, lyycoming County, 400,000 feet of 

 sawed lumber and four houses were 

 burned. In addition to these losses 

 there were fires at Ridge way, Ramsey- 

 ville, and in the vicinity of the Wil- 

 liamsport Water Company's reservoir. 



Forest fires near Oil City on April 25 

 destroyed $30,000 worth of property in 

 a single day, a number of derricks were 

 burned, and much damage was done to 

 virgin forest near Tionesta. On the 

 same day a forest fire swept over 2,000 

 acres on South Mountain, land recently 

 added to the state forest preserve ; i , 800 

 acres on North Mountain were also 

 burned over. Near Laurel Run i ,000 

 acres of timber were burned over on 

 April 24. There are also reports of de- 

 structive fires from Beaver Falls, Frank- 

 lin, Altoona, Shamokin, Danville, Nor- 

 malville, Stroudsburg, Lancaster, and 

 Shenandoah. 



Kentucky. Forest fires in Christian 

 and Hopkins Counties during the last 

 w^eek in April caused $15,000 damage. 

 From Mayking, Martindale, Scottsville, 

 London, and Owingsville come reports 

 of severe fires, with much loss in the 

 way of houses, barns, fences, and stand- 

 ing timber. 



New Jersey. Forest fires in this state 

 are reported from El wood, Belvidere, 

 Glassboro, Ocean City, Minotola, Cedar 

 Brook, Blue Anchor, and Brookline, 

 12,000 acres of timber being destroyed. 



Maryland. A forest fire between 

 Edgemont and Blue Mountain destroyed 

 $15,000 worth of property on May i. 

 The most destructive forest fires in years 

 have been burning in the Blue Ridge 

 range of mountains. Serious damage 

 by fires is also reported from Catoctin 

 Furnace, Cumberland, Ritchie's Sta- 

 tion, Towson, and Hagerstown. 



From many other states come reports 

 of fire. Indiana, a state of small forest 

 area, had fires near Franklin, Otisco, 

 Hartford City, St. Peters, Anderson, 

 Summitville, Seymour, Nashville, and 

 South Bethany. In New York on May 

 9 one thousand people were engaged in 

 a battle with a forest fire which threat- 

 ened to destroy the town of Babylon, 

 L. I. Wisconsin had two severe forest 

 fires during the past ten days, while in 

 Tennessee during the same time there 

 were six fires that damaged property to 

 the extent of $10,000. 



Since April 15 there have been seven 

 forest fires in Virginia, two in Illinois, 

 two in Connecticut, one in Minnesota, 

 four in "West Virginia, and two in Colo- 

 rado. 



There must also be added to this list 

 forest fires in Maine, Texas, New Hamp- 

 shire, Iowa, New Mexico, North Caro- 

 lina, and Ohio. Altogether the early 

 spring forest fire record is unusually 

 large. 



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