People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — Forest Fires in the East. [ARTICLE]

Forest Fires in the East.

Bradford, Pa., Sept. 5. —Forest fires arejraging all along the line of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad. Reports from all points on the narrow gauge roads state that the woods are on fire for miles, and the damage will be heavy unless rain should fall. The woods along the pike to Corydon are on fire for miles, and oil property in the vicinity of the west branch is threatened. Should the fire spread to the oil field serious consequences would result. On the big level between Mount Jewett and this city and the head of the west branch the woods are ablaze, and several oil-well rigs are reported blazing. At Song Bird and Quintuple the woods are a roaring mass of flames and valuable property is being destroyed. As yet no loss of life is reported and the extent of the damage cannot be estimated.