People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — SERIOUS FOREST FIRES. [ARTICLE]

SERIOUS FOREST FIRES.

Immense llamuKe Seems Likely to Happen In New •icnejr. Toms River, N. J., Aug. 21. —The forest fires which started near this place on Sunday and to which but little attention was paid now threaten serious loss. Last night a strong northwest wind blew and the flames were driven toward the farms along the Manchester road and threatened for hours to reach the farm buildings. The farmers, aided by volunteers, fought the fire all night. Valuable timber was burned, but the efforts of the fighters were entirely directed toward saving the crops and buildings. If the wind holds It will carry the flames Into the extensive cranberry bogs, which are dry and will burn. Egg Harbor City, N. J., Aug. 21. The great forest fires near this place are still burning and have more headway than ever before, although hundreds are fighting the flames. The flames are now headed directly toward McKee City and there are many houses In the path.