Desperate Fight With Forest Fires in Massa- 

 chusetts, IVIaine and New Hampshire.j 

 Other Sections of the Country in PeriL^ 



The fire fiend is working havoc in many pl4ces in 

 New England, and wood lands valued at hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars have been swept away by flames. 



The situation in many sections is serious. Scores of towns are 

 threatened. In Maine the fires which did tremendous damage early j 

 in the season are again raging-. 



AKiml BuhB II It IS In 

 li,nPd the 1 o^ei but th 



fires 111 that viciiiit> 

 tour units bti-^ji^ . 

 I towns was T'f*^t. 



burned over 

 lilt,t ■ to 



a toi-est fife 

 or desperate 

 Ic il-. At last 



1 iiie Altoona Dis- 

 1 hiinclreas of fam, 

 e their homew. 

 ' h.ns been done m ! 

 ■-. w is estimated 

 m le ir 1 



Opt. lil. — People, 

 •n threatened l.iy tlie 

 tr around liere, no's\ 

 s over ami tliar no 

 •ud H wave nf roar- 



; of 



r lnlt i 



idnckeued, suioulder 



dauntinc that timid 

 le visited bv the fate 

 ^etOemeuts m Michi- 



The largest Are threatens the entire 

 townships of Rllpy and Success. The lUum- 

 inatioii as seen from Berlin is grand, the 

 mountains looli like active volcanos, wnlle 

 at other points the L-arulng lines of fire, 

 chained about the mountainside, resemble 

 a spectacular electrical display. 



Heat Drives Fighters Off. 



Berlin, (iorham and Shelburne 



darkness, the fire reaching with- 

 in one hundred feet of the dwelliugs, 

 necessitating the calling out of the city 

 will be ' Ire department. ' 



ompany ! The greatest losses sustained are those 

 mliatint j „f f]-,,, iiic(.rnational Paper Company, George 

 '" W. Blaiiohiird Company and W. K. Aston, 

 The men are unable at many points to 

 cope with the flames on account of the ip- 

 tense heat. All classes have joined hands 

 . I in an effort to check tin ii "id of the 

 ! Arts, millionaire ^ " 



*S -,,'„ I laborers worKins;- 



' drinking? troin the 

 ■ ''n.i Along' the Andr 



' alai 



tho; 



til. ll hoi 



Id TSuriiunk 



. eattnc and 

 I Id 1 1 1 r 

 lev Uie farm- 

 , some actn- 



to sufter 



n this vi- 

 cottages : 

 on r. r, 

 ih ( ates 



