People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — Crops Ruined by Forest Fires. [ARTICLE]

Crops Ruined by Forest Fires.

Coleman, Mich., Aug. B.—Forest fires are raging on all sides of this village, and thousands of dollars’ worth of property and crops are being destroyed. The citizens of Coleman and farmers in the vicinity are fighting to save their property. Unless rain comes soon crops in this vicinity will be an entire failure.