TWO FOREST FIRES 

 NEARBERLII.y. 



Hundreds of Acres Burned; 

 Loss About $75,000; Farm 

 Section in Danger. 



BERLiIN, N. H., Oct. 20— Two dlsas- 

 i trous forest flres ha%'e been burning 

 In the vicinity of this city for four 

 days, and today ware beyond control. 

 It Is estimated that the Immediate 

 loss In timber destroyed will range 

 between $50,000 and $75,000. The 

 largest Are started on H^yes moun- 

 tain, ■ and today was burning In the 

 townsiiips of Success and Shelburne 

 and aa far east as the Maine state 

 line. This fire has devastated an area 

 10 miles long and Ave miles wide. 

 The principal losers by this Are are 

 W. K. Aston oJ New York, who has 

 a large summer estate in Shelburne; 

 the Berlin Mills Company, paper man- 

 ufacturers, and George W. Blanchard 

 & Sons Company, lumbermen, with 

 offices at Berlin and Portland, Me. 



The other Are was burning to the 

 westward of the city, on Mt. Forest and 

 Black mountain. Tliis Are had burned 

 over an area of about 2000 acres and had 

 approached to within a quarter of a mllei 

 of the residences on Fourth and Fifth 

 avenues, this city. 



Late tonight there seemed to be no 

 prospect of getting the flres under con- 

 trol The Are to the east of the city was 

 looked upon as being the most dangerous 

 tonight. 



The farming section near • Shelburne 

 was threatened by the Are and a force 

 of men was sent from Gorham to ward 

 off the danger to the buildings. The 

 Are here Ims worlied its way across the 

 Maine line and is raging fiercely m the 

 Grafton Notch region. j 



|all-day battle saves 

 new hampshire villagel 



i .".rowth of fir and spmoe humuin ettiffXi 



s luHle and only a drenuhlBg tall) esajfl 

 iay the pTOgress of the ttix: | 



Homes in Grave Da- 



1 1, sonip of the outlying :«•• . 



im mm 



BATTLE ilTH FIRE 



Hundreds of Men Stop me 

 Plames Within Quarter of 

 a JMile of Farm Houses, 



ishlp the 



BURNING MOUNTAIN 

 ILLUMINES GORHAM i 



Spectacle Magnificent, but Sense j 

 o/ Security Comes Only A fter I 

 Hours of Terror. 



SlieJbuine, N. H., Oei. il.— Little Shel- 

 burne. nestling in the ..autumn pictur- ^ 

 <'.4Qiieno?s of the Androscoggin lowlands, 

 ri'ffts tonight in comparative .safety' 



.region und ti,. .Ii 

 burnished disk i-j; 

 wa.s sweeping ' . : 'niii, 

 hail of cintlin-!.- duwii on S 

 tillage. 



Fear in Every Heart. 



htti 



<!re<l and fiftv men went, fortii (.> v.a 

 using every method known to the r 

 "f the woodsman in lighting forewt 

 lijo/ii' volunteers, augmentprt bv 



i.ad. ;ind emplo 



litem: 



mills f 



rept 



i leaping | 

 and has ! 



iojd lu t a r , 1 1 hn n 

 .MniAc. 



Ou thi< fartfi I oiiiiluiiis. 



that section 1, r.iotiiills 



and tho '.-i.- - 



1icall\ l;- 

 jrig he;: 

 Oraftof . ' ' 



In that vicinity is a. fi<r«»t area of •g) 



bj SO sqtiarp miles, aud fti 1!^u^5 great 



i'\ Burbanlv 



Bacli in th. 

 Ilio BurlKinlt 



wha 

 ]i.--rished. 



Huntsmen runfsing Lliosc )egn>n.-5 arc 

 leuvlng for home in disgust, because 

 .•ill the game that bus not been .bur»e.a 

 death, has fled many milos away to 

 di.'^tant safety. 



Masniflcent Sight in Gorhara. 



I lom (lotham. .'^ix nilltis above, til8 

 spectacle lookinnr eastward down the 

 Aiidroscogm valley i.s one ol smT?a.siili)g 

 gland 



Mount It:, 

 fiovhani vn 

 The town 

 thn flre. ;! r 



start a conii 

 in lo.ss than i. 



From foothi;;,, la 

 IS outhned m fire ! 

 eastward, and the r 

 it.'^ base glows hkf ;! " 

 ten metal, whirh 

 of BOlden spia.v 

 into bends or over : - 



Hotel Silhouetted in hire. 



The areat Mount Madison Hou 



elt I I 



w'hioh 



.vind might 

 l.nu>t I-Taye.^ 



1 lie motintaiii 

 miles to the 



■eepmg about 

 .u rnoul- 



! that I 



faintly 



glowing-. 



Late 



tonight there Wiis a 



the tir 



: had nearly reache 



of Sue 



-.ess pond, to the nor 



would 

 far at 



make the area burnt 

 1( H.st luare m 



twelve 



miles long and from 



miles 1 



vide along the north 



Andros 



coggm rivei- having 



bv tlie 



flames. 



West 



of Berlin anotlier bi 



\ 11 



til 



t A\ 

 ■n edg 



head.-.„ 



the west part of 

 burned, a great (| 

 hardwood growtli 

 Mills Com 



\I 



[ills Companv and 

 ..juads of lil'tv and 

 all day and were si; ■ 



The smoke is . ■ i . 

 though at time.s th: , . .-. 

 away and allows; a i.Tsei breatiiin 



